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Sewage spill contained on Main Beach |
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Friday, 30 July 2010 01:40 |
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AFTER nearly two full days of raw sewage gushing onto Main Beach in Jeffreys Bay, the municipality have managed to pump the effluent up and cover the rest under a layer of sand.
The spill, probably the biggest Jeffreys Bay has ever seen, was caused by a broken pressure gauge. "’As a result, water got into the pump station, the electrical motors got wet, the electricity tripped and the pumps stopped working, said Kouga Municipality spokesperson Laura Lee Randall.
"We were able to restore the power yesterday morning (Wednesday, July 21) but two of the electrical motors had to be taken to a firm in Humansdorp to be dried, so the pump station is working again but not yet at full capacity. That’s why the honeysuckers are there (at Main Beach) - to suck up whatever cannot be handled and minimize the spill."
According to Randall the sea water was tested when the last spill occurred two months ago, but no dangerous amounts of ecoli or other related bacteria were discovered.
However, this is simply not good enough for the beach users of Jeffreys Bay. Many children play at the beach and are exposed to the sewage and there are still concerns that seepage will occur and that the sewage will still land up in the ocean.
The question remains: Will Jeffreys Bay even be able to keep its Blue Flag status with a beach on which sewage dams are built?
(Source: jeffreysbaynews.com)
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Last Updated on Friday, 30 July 2010 08:53 |
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Population cencus for Jeffreys Bay in 2011 |
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Written by Administrator
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Friday, 30 July 2010 01:40 |
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Brenton Williams
JEFFREYS Bay has seen enormous growth since the last national census was conducted in 2001.
We have witnesses a mass influx from the rural areas surrouding this coastal town, such as Hankey and Patensie, as well as a movement of people from the former homelands, such as Transkei and Ciskei.
All come to Jeffreys Bay believing it to be the Promised Land. They come in search of jobs and a better life than what they experienced in the poverty stricken rural areas.
Yet Jeffreys Bay is ill-equiped to deal with all those who come to town with great expectations. There is an old joke that the only way to leave Jeffreys Bay with a million rand in your pocket is to come to town with R3 million.
There is no industry that can absorb all the job seekers who need to survive once they arrive in Jeffreys Bay. The rresult is that crime increases as desperation sets in and as Bob Marley once said, "A hungry man is an angry man".
Stats SA has announced that the next national census will take place in 2011. The results for Jeffreys Bay will be extremely revealing about how many people have moved here over the past ten years and hopefully proper plans can be put in plact to ensure adequate service delivery for the next decade.
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Last Updated on Friday, 30 July 2010 08:52 |
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Vrouedag met dagstap om St Francis gevier |
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Written by Kouga Verslaggewer/Reporter
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Thursday, 22 July 2010 01:32 |
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VROUEDAG word vanjaar op St Francisbaai deur ’n heerlike staptog al langs die dorp se kuslyn, deur ’n privaat natuurreservaat en twee gholfbane gevier.
Almal is welkom, nie net vroue nie!
Stappers kan kies tussen drie afstande, maar om die skoonheid van die groter St Francis-area ten volle te kan ervaar, word die 25km roete aanbeveel.
Die Enid Pretorius Properties Staproete gaan by die Villagesentrum begin en eindig. Die twee korter roetes is 10km van die sentrum tot by die ligtoring in Kaap St Francis, of van die ligtoring tot by die eindpunt wat 13km is.
Die roete gaan stappers kuslangs neem verby Port St Francis waar die eerste waterpunt is, dan al langs die kus en die pragtige strand van Kaap St Francis tot by die ligtoring waar die tweede waterpunt is. Hierna volg stappers die voetpaadjies tot by Mostertshoek, en met spesiale toestemming gaan daar deur The Dunes Nature Reserve se ongerepte duineveld geloop word. Dan is dit deur die St Francis Links en die St Francisbaai-gholfbaan terug tot by Enid Pretorius se kantore.
Die idee is dat stappers die dag met hul vriende moet geniet, en daar is geen pryse vir die korter roetes of vir die wenners nie, slegs vir die oudste deelnemer, die jongste deelnemer en die een wat laaste by die eindstreep aankom!
Registrasie begin om 7vm by Enid Pretorius se kantore en om 8vm gaan die 25km en 10km stappers met ’n kaart in die hand begin. Dit word aanbeveel om in klein groepies te stap, sodat die dag in ’n lekker kuier kan ontaard.
Water, energiedrankies en ligte eetgoed sal by vier waterpunte beskikbaar wees, maar stappers moet waterbottels saamdra. Geen sakkies water sal uitgedeel word nie, daar sal net water beskikbaar wees om bottels te vul. Dit word ook aanbeveel om energiekos van eie keuse saam te dra, aangesien die dag dalk lank kan raak!
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Niel du Preez hou konsert |
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Friday, 30 July 2010 01:40 |
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DIE vierde konsert in die bekende Humansdorpse Moederkerkkonsertreeks sal plaasvind op Woensdagaand 4 Augustus in die kerksaal van die NGK Humansdorp (Moederkerk).
Die kunstenaar by hierdie geleentheid is Niel du Preez, oorspronklik van Patensie en oudleerling van die Hoërskool Nico Malan, tans woonagtig in Londen en een van Suid-Afrika se top pianiste wat oorsee naam maak as solis en kamermusikus. Niel het al verskeie kere in hierdie konsertreeks opgetree en dit is lekker om hom weer terug te verwelkom.
Niel du Preez het op vyfjarige ouderdom met klavierlesse begin en vyf jaar later sy debuut gemaak as solis saam met ’n simfonieorkes. Tydens sy studiejare op Stellenbosch was hy die ontvanger van verskeie toekennings, o.a. die Betsie Cluver-beurs vir uitstaande prestasies in klavier. In hierdie tyd tree hy ook op saam met die Kaapstadse Filharmoniese-orkes. Hy was ’n finalis in die Oude Meester Musiekkompetisie en ’n pryswenner in die klavierkategorie van die jaarlikse FORTE Nasionale Musiekkompetisie. Niel behaal die B.Mus. en B.Mus. Hons. (albei in klaviervoordrag), met onderskeiding, aan die Universiteit van Stellenbosch.
Hierna het Du Preez sy studies voortgesit aan die Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Hannover in Duitsland as gasstudent by prof. Christopher Oakden. Die daaropvolgende jaar skryf hy in vir die konsertdiploma by die Staatlichen Hochschule für Musik, Karlsruhe onder prof. Kaya Han en hy volg ook ’n kursus in kunsliedbegeleiding (Liedgestaltung) onder prof. Peter Nelson. Internasionale erkenning volg kort hierna toe Du Preez tydens die Silvio Bengali Internasionale Klavierkompetisie as een van die pryswenners aangewys is. Met die hulp van ’n DAAD-beurs (Deutscher Akademischer Ausstausch Dienst) kon hy sy studies in Duitsland voltooi en hy ontvang die Diplom Kunstlerische Ausbildung en ’n Diplom Konzertexamen, albei met onderskeiding, van die Staatlichen Hochschule in Karlsruhe (2002 - 2005). Kort daarna het hy op uitnodiging saam met die Reutlingen Filharmoniese-orkes as solis opgetree. In dieselfde tyd het Niel ook sy M.Mus. (klaviervoordrag) behaal aan die Universiteit van Stellenbosch.
Verskeie meesterklasse by internasionaal bekende pianiste en pedagoë soos Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, Melvyn Tan, Arie Vardi, Martino Tirimo, Anton Nel, Peter Eicher, Peter Feuchtwanger, Andzrej Jasinsky en Nelly Ben-Or het Niel help slyp vir die konsertverhoog. Tans is hy baie aktief as solis en kamermusikus en uitnodigings neem hom dikwels na Duitsland, Spanje en Suid-Afrika. Hy kry ook baie geleentheid vir optredes in Engeland, waar hy woonagtig is. Hy is tans klavieronderwyser aan die St Paul’s-katedraalskool in Londen.
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Last Updated on Friday, 30 July 2010 08:51 |
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Jordy wins: The best Billabong Pro ever |
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Written by Administrator
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Thursday, 22 July 2010 01:32 |
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Brenton Williams
2010 will be remembered for more than just the soccer World Cup in Jeffreys Bay.
It was also the year that a South African finally won the Billabong Pro at Supertubes, in front of a partisan home crowd.
Jordy Smith did his country proud. Already riding on the wave of "gees’, South Africans were ready for a home town victory and Jordy took on all before him to win his first ever ASP title and shoot to the top of the world rankings in the process.
The fact that a South African won on home soil is enough to declare the 2010 Billabong Pro to be the best ever, but a lot more went down to ensure it will be a hard act to follow.
For the first time in the history of the event, it was completed in the first four days of the waiting period. Day one saw some of the best waves of the year grind down the point and the surfers did not disappoint. Jordy looked good from his first heat and won it, to go through to round 3.
Nine times world champ, Kelly Slater also ripped in the opening round and at that stage a semi final between him and Jordy was on the cards. However, the South African giant killer Sean Holmes had other ideas and he toppled Slater and then Andy Irons before bowing out in the quarter finals. But Sean opened up the draw for Jordy to have a run at the finals and Smith took full advantage of the situation.
The local support for a Billabong Pro has never been better or louder. The JBU had their own spot down the boardwalk and gave the South African surfers their full support. The "non VIP" area became the place to be, with big Frank playing doorman and leading the vuvuzela charge.
After the contest, when Jordy had been crowned as the winner of the 2010 Billabong Pro, he acknowledged the support of the J’Bay locals. "I have been coming here for years and to have the JBU support and hearing their vuvuzelas blow made me determined to win," said Smith.
Jordy had a jittery semi-final but managed to scrape through before totally dominating the final. He had it in the bag after his first two rides and with the sections starting to crumble at Supertubes it was a pity there were not more waves coming through. The conditions were perfect for Jordy to start busting and landing but a win is what counted.
Jordy is well positioned to have a run at the world title with 6 events left on the ASP tour. No matter what happens, South Africans will be back in J’Bay next year to support Jordy in his quest to defend his Billabong Pro title.
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