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2 ADVERTISEMENTS SEPT 2013 : ADVERTENSIES Dr. Fébé van Niekerk BChD (UWC) Pr. No Lower Gordon s Bay Road STRAND Tel: admin@drfebe.co.za Weekdays: 08h:0008h:00-17h:00 Saturdays: 09h:0009h:00-12h00 CYNTHIA FOWLES Cell: cynthia@cch.co.za ZUMBA classes back in full swing Mondays 17h:30 Ann BOOKING ESSENTIAL THE SILLY SEASON IS UPON US AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT BOOK EARLY FOR YOUR OFFICE FUNCTIONS, PARTIES ETC or ONDERSTEUN ONS ADVERTEERDERS HULLE ONDERSTEUN GREENWAYS NUUS Veryke Meyer B.Optom (RAU) FOA (SA) CAS (SA) Shop 3 Woermann Brock Centre Somerset Mall, 7130 t: f: c: info@verykemeyer.co.za Suite 26, P Bag X15 Somerset West, 7129 O P TO M E T R I S T Trick or Treat! SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS Curves, the ladies only weight loss centre that includes exercise, meal plans and coaching - all under one roof! THEY SUPPORT GREENWAYS NEWS Come and speak to Jenny at the Chairman s Golf day, 7 December 2013, and find out how we can help you reach your fitness and weight loss goals! Strand Somerset West

3 Vol 9, Issue 03 SEPT 2013 RID YOUR GARDEN OF THESE INVASIVE PLANTS P6 & 7 G RREEEENNWAY WAYSS N EWS BUILDING OUR COMMUNITY Fun and tough competition at Golf Day on Dec 7 LOCALS WANT TO UNSEAT WINNING SWALLOWS IT S TIME to practice your golf swing, to perfect your putting and to clean your golf clubs. The highlight on Gr een way s golfin g calen dar, th e annual Chairman s Golf Day, is around the corner. As usual it promises to be a funfilled event not to be missed so diarize the date December 7. The format will be a four ball better ball with a maximum of 120 players with many of them regular Swallows and other foreign visitors who walked away with the best scores and prizes during the past two years. The locals intend to put an end to that. Competition will therefore be tough. The course should be in top condition with the new bridges over the Soet River completed. The newly re-vamped clubhouse balcony will also be used for the first time. Enlarged to be about double its former size, it can now easily accommodate 200 or more people. A fête with room for 20 stalls, at R50 each, that could sell anything will be held on the same day. Ursula Snyman awaits your entry for this as well as for the Golf Day at R120 per p lay e r, in clu din g a substantial snack. Hurry up it will be full in a flash. properties hip greenways SCARY JOB: The trimming of dead leaves from high-rise palm trees in Greenways is not for the faint-hearted. After numerous complaints that it was unsightly this was done by a contractor at the entrance in Gordons Bay road and Beach road, where this photo was taken, in August at a cost of R There are some 66 palm trees on sidewalks and in the common open area in Greenways. Only 28 are the responsibility of Greenways. The remainder must be maintained aby the Body s Corporate of the apartment blocks or the respective home owners. Drie nuwe hysers vir Emeraldbaai VAN VASGEKEER sit in ʼn ou, Emeraldbaai se inwoners niks vertel raserige, onbetroubare hyser kan jy nie. Dit was kort-kort iemand se lot. Christmas is here Maar daa rdie on aan gen am e remember our guards ondervinding is nou verby. Danksy WITH CHRISTMAS and the annual drie stil, vinnige nuwe hysers, season of goodwill around the waarvan een reeds in gebruik is, sal corner it s time to remember the dit nie weer gou en maklik gebeur security staff that stood watch nie. throughout the year to guard over Dié uitstappie kos inwoners R1,5 your safety in sometimes difficult miljoen. Die installering is groot, circumstances such as swaar werk in die skagte en dus during the past extremely duur. h arsh, wet win ter. Die ou hysers het die afgelope Donations that will be jare toenem end on betroubaar divided amongst them in geword en moes as gevolg van ook early December can be made with hoë instandhoudingskoste vervang Ursula at the office.. word. Dinner at Kersefontein P5 Emerald Bay Cabana - R Emerald Bay 2 Bed Seaview apartments from R Beachfront Plots from R Please List your Property with us! Contact PJ Lemmer / pjl@telkomsa.net No aid for coastal protection P8 monray@mweb.co.za : Website: : Tel: Editor (all hours) / Office / Fax

4 Page 2 - SEPT 2013 LANDGOEDNUUS : ESTATE NEWS Slowly, but surely: A bridge over troubled waters NEW BRIDGES: Rain kept it in the doldrums during the past winter, but the construction of the two new bridges over the Soet River at a cost of R is progressing and should be completed at the beginning of December, in time for the holiday season and the annual Golf Day on December 7. The fairway and greens on the #3 and #4 holes will remain closed until then. Despite the weather most of the preliminary concrete work has been done and the steel structures were nearing aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaacompletion in Paarl. Builder of Greenways golf course to move to Natal South Coast FRED ROEBUCK, former long-time Greenways resident and maintenance contractor, and his wife Jenny, who ran a garden service at Greenways and elsewhere in die Helderberg area for many years, are to become Natalians. They resided in Gleneagles Close, Greenways from 1993 until 2006, before selling their house and moving to Somerset West. They will be retiring to Park Rynie, north of Scottburgh on the Kwa-Zulu Natal South coast, where they have bought a seaside home, in November and plan to establish a B&B to keep them busy. Jenny has already sold her garden s e r v i c e business to a l o c a l businessman, CJ Opperman. He can be Jenny & Fred Roebuck contacted Up to the present she used to do some 80 gardens weekly at Greenways. The same team will continue to do the work in Greenways. Fred designed and built the golf course at Greenways on the foundations of the old Strand golf course and was the garden and maintenance contractor until 2005 when the contract was awarded to Servest Turf. New R178 million sea-wall in Beach Road will also boost property values at Greenways THE LONG overdue restoration and updating of the Strand s beachfront is to commence in 2014 with the construction of a new seawall from the Lourens River up to Greenways. It will be constructed in stages over the next three years at a cost of R178 million. Although omitted from this protection measure and kept responsible for its own coastal safety, the announcement by the Cape Town Metro Council also pleased G r e e n w a y s resi dents. Thei r fortunes are closely linked to that of the Strand in particular and the greater at Helderberg area in general. The Strand needed a f acelif t and improvement of its popular seafront will certainly enhance property values of which Greenways will also benefit. The old wall that withstood the sea for more than 80 years crumbled away during the past few years and could no longer keep high tides in check. Beach Road had to be closed recently when it was completely flooded. Meanwhile the outcome of the central government s court action against the Cape Town Metro Council, with regard to the earlier laying of large rocks to protect a section of Beach Road near Greenways without proper consultation and permission, is still awaited. In view of the new seawall, judgment may require the Council to remove the rocks. The new wall will be broader and a meter higher than the old one. FLATS AT THE EDGE OF THE SEA: This description was very apt when the spring tide arrived on the 19th September at the same time as a full moon and howling wind. The photograph depicts a view of Beach Road, Strand taken from the balcony of one of the sea-facing flats. No pavements, retaining wall or even speed humps are visible and the central islands can only be detected if one is aware of their existence. The road was closed to traffic for several hours.

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6 Page 4 - SEPT 2013 KOMMENTAAR : COMMENT G REENWAYS N EWS BUILDING OUR COMMUNITY Y The value (and default) of criticism As far as criticism is concerned, we don t resent that unless it is absolutely biased, as it is in most cases John Vorster, Prime Minister of South Africa JOHN VORSTER uttered these words during a dangerous stage in the past, stormy history of South Africa. While the country s security was at stake his government was under constant pressure and vicious attacks by the liberal, leftwing English press for its oppressive, racist laws. They saw no merit in the government s policy of separate development and were bent on destroying it. Hardly a day went by when it was not severely criticized. Dismayed, but conscious of the importance of a free, independent press, the government endured it. It remains to be seen whether the consequences of that relentless crusade was in the best interests of South Africa. History will be the ultimate judge. To be learnt from it, is that criticism is not only vital in a free, democratic society, but of necessity - provided that people that allow themselves the luxury of criticism (mostly from luxury chairs!) at the same time come forward with a positive contribution or an alternative to alleviate or solve problems for the better. This principle is also applicable to Greenways. It is an unfortunate fact that most of its smug residents and owners are quick to criticize, but slow in helping to get the job done or become involved in its affairs because of the time and effort it requires. They leave it to others who are willing and able to do the work This also applies to Greenways News. It has been under regular, sometimes biased criticism by people who can probably run a bath, but not actually a newspaper and who seldom come forward with a positive contribution. As naive, uninformed lovers of unreal, sunshine journalism they even regard it as hostile and a follower of unwanted sensation. Which is, of course, utter nonsense. Now in its ninth year of publication with an excellent service record the unhappy result is an uncertain future for a valuable tool in communication, community building, knowledge and entertainment. John Vorster, who never lacked a sense of humour, also said: If the English press is your friend, you don t need enemies. Greenways News is not your enemy. It s your friend even when criticized (which it does not resent) or when it criticizes. Treat it as one. Goeie nuus vir die Strand DAT DIE seemuur in Kusweg uiteindelik herbou gaan word is die beste nuus in jare vir inwoners van die Strand. Dit sal eiendom in Kusweg groter beskerming teen ʼn immerstygende see-aanslag gee en beslis ook die Strand se beeld verbeter. Die ou, vervalle muur is al vir jare ʼn teken van onooglike agteruitgang. Die stadsraad van Kaapstad se besluit om ʼn nuwe seemuur teen ʼn koste van byna R80 miljoen te bou moet dus verwelkom word. Die Strand se belastingbetalende inwoners kry uiteindelik die aandag wat hulle en hulle dorp verdien. Dankie! Dit sal ook ten bate van Greenways se eie beeld wees. Tesame met die reeds afgehandelde herbouing van ʼn groot deel van die geplaveide sypaadjie op Kusweg, en die aanplanting van bome, bring dit nuwe aansien vir een van die mooiste kusstroke in Suid-Afrika. Hopelik sal ook die verweerde rusbanke vervang en Kusweg in die algemeen verfraai word. Die stadsraad kan gerus ook die moontlikheid ondersoek om Kusweg vir verkeer te sluit en dit in ʼn wandellaan te omskep. Hoewel moeilik is dit nie onmoontlik nie. Dit word oor die wêreld heen by kusoorde gedoen. Mense, nie motors nie, is die antwoord. Y SUID-AFRIKA is soos M die bekende satirikus, Pieter-Dirk Uys s n, ook nie Europa nie. Hy het mos onlangs geskryf Suid-Afrika is met vratte en al soos geen ander plek ter wêreld nie. Bedoelende natuurlik die nuwe Suid-Afrika. Dit is sekerlik só as in ag geneem word wat sedert 1994 bereik is en terselfdertyd verkeerd geloop het. Daarom sal ek lieg as ek sou ontken dat ek nie soms wens Suid-Afrika word net so ʼn bietjie meer soos Europa nie. Pleks van al meer soos Afrika. Al kom daar altyd iets nuuts uit Afrika. Nie noodwendig goed nie, maar darem. Beteken dit dat ek bereid is om soos die Hollanders sokkies by sandale te dra en soos die Franse slakke te eet? Glad nie, al het ek al mopaniwurms en hoenderpote afgewurg. Ek kan ook toi-toi en sing N kosi Sikele Afrika by rugbytoetse. Nie sonder moeite en ʼn bietjie teensinnig nie. My voorouers het immers in 1662 Hoekom moet ons vir GN betaal as Greenways geld in die bank het? Omdat ek dit destyds saam met Johan van Wyk begin het lê Greenways Nuus my na aan die hart. Ek bedank hom vir die versorging daarvan. Ek sou egter wou sien dat ons dit gratis ontvang. Hoekom moet ons R10 vir ʼn harde kopie betaal as Greenways heelwat geld in die bank het? Ek weet ek kan dit elektronies lees, maar ek verkies, soos baie mense eerder ʼn gedrukte koerant. Die Junie-uitgawe is deur advertensies oordonder. Van die 12 bladsye was vyf vol advertensies met nog twee bladsye met elk ʼn kwartblad advertensie het slegs vyf bladsye nuus bevat. My vraag is of die baie kleuradvertensies nie die drukkoste onnodig opjaag nie. Hoe sou die somme lyk as daar geen advertensies is nie en net ses bladsye nuus? Ek sal ook graag wou sien dat arti kels gepl aas w ord oor suksesvolle besigheidsmense en entrepreneurs wat in Greenways woon, watter tipe besighede hulle bedryf en die suksesse wat hulle behaal. Hulle kan dan ook genader word vir advertensies. En dan ʼn paar opmerkings: Moet die Konstitusie nie voorsiening maak Letters / Briewe Ry tog asseblief stadiger! Ons is só bevoorreg om in hierdie lieflike omgewing te woon waar alles so mooi en netjies gehou word en die atmosfeer van Greenways deur voëls wat vrylik rondloop elke jaar met nuwe aankomelinge verryk word. Kan ons dan nie asseblief binne die snelheidsgrens van 40 kmpu hou om te verhoed dat hulle doodgery word nie? Die afgelope tyd is twee bont kiewiete doodgery, een in St. Andrewsrylaan en een in Muirfield. Die kans om ʼn voël in die pad te sien en betyds te stop of weg te draai, is aansienlik groter as ʼn mens stadig ry en versigtig bestuur pleks van, soos sommige inwoners 60 kmpu en vinniger te jaag. Ek sidder vir die gevaar wat dit vir kinders en troeteldiere inhou. Ek dink ook die tekens wat die spoedgrens by die ingange aandui, is te klein om raakgesien te word. Vra asseblief ook u besoekers om die spoedgrens te gehoorsaam. Dorothy van der Merwe Bermuda Beach Johan van Wyk As Suid-Afrika tog net so n bietjie meer soos Europa was aan die Kaap voet aan wal gesit en selfs daarin geslaag om twee beskeie plattelandse dorpies, Van Wyksvlei en Van Wyksdorp, na hulle genoem te kry. Gelukkig het hulle niks met die naamgewing van Pretoria te doen gehad nie; waarvoor (wag hiervoor!) Jan van R i ebeeck, al du s ʼn A N C - parlementslid, verantwoordelik was. Dis ʼn verbysterende erkenning van ongelooflike onkunde. Jan van Riebeeck, die nou vermalede volksplanter, draai sekerlik in sy graf om as hy dit moet weet. Die waarheid is dat hy, ná tien vir verpligte aftrede van Trustees nie? Moet een derde van die Trustees nie elke jaar uittree nie? Moet Trustees nie net vir drie jaar verkies word en dan nie weer staan nie? Ek dink dis tyd dat nuwe, energieke, jonger mense ook die geleentheid gegee word. Daar behoort ook ʼn verpligte aftreeouderdom vir personeel te wees. Al meer voertuie, karavane en bote staan die wêreld vol. Toe ek in Philadelphia in die VSA na ʼn woonhuis gesoek het, het die eiendomsagente vir my gesê dat as jy ʼn woonbuurt binnery en jy sien baie voertuie rondstaan dan koop jy nie daar nie, want dit dui op oorbevolking wat die waarde van eiendom Hennie Taljaard benadeel. Koop liewer waar eienaars hulle voertuie in garages hou. Waarom het Greenways R vir die duine-ondersoek betaal terwyl ek verstaan dieselfde persoon het werk in die Strand vir die Stad Kaapstad gedoen. Kon daardie studie nie as basis vir Greenways gedien het nie? Hoekom moet Greenways se eienaars betaal om die duine te beskerm terwyl dit munisipale eiendom is? Hennie Taljaard, St Andrews-rylaan. jaar waartydens hy nie kon wag om van sy armsalige verversingspos aan die Kaap, die woeste suidoos en voortdurende rowery aan die hand van inheemse inboorlinge ontslae te wees nie, na Batavia verplaas is waar hy in 1677 in eensaamheid gesterf het 176 jaar voordat Pretoria na die held van Bloedrivier, Andries Pretorius, genoem is. Hy het Suid-Afrika nie weer gesien nie. Hoewel my dieper wortels in Europa lê, is my Afrikawortels dus bo verdenking. Al wat my moontlik kan diskwalifiseer is die feit dat ek nog

7 News / Nuus TRAVEL : REIS SEPT Page 5 The old world charm and splendour of historic Kersefontein K ERSEFONTEIN is one of the oldest farms not only in the Western Cape, but indeed in South Africa. Established in 1744 it c a m e i n t o t h e possession of the wellknown, prestigious, old Cape Melck family in Its present owner, 57 year old bachelor Julian, is the eighth generation to continue the legacy of an old world lifestyle of rural charm and splendour now rarely seen. The splendid, rambling Cape Dutch mansion, a declared National Heritage site, in which he grew up, is full of beautiful antic furniture, valuable paintings, pictures and family heirlooms brought together by his forbearers over two and a half centuries. Among the many famous people who were regular guests at Kersefontein in bygone days was the seventeenth century English colonial Governor at the Cape, Lord Charles Somerset. He used to hunt there. An ardent equestrian who loved riding, he often travelled the 140 km from Cape Town to Kersefontein on horseback, using four remounts at various stages of the journey. Apart from being a full-time farmer on hectares of pristine sandveld that originally stretched for 80 km up to Elandsbaai on the West Coast, carrying Hereford cattle and Dohne Merino sheep, Julian is also a qualified advocate of the High Court of South Africa, a world traveller, an accomplished organist with a licentiate from London s Royal School of Music, an aviator, hunter, horseman, collector of books and DINING IN STYLE: The elaborate dining room in the 17th century Cape Dutch homestead at Kersefontein. The mahogany table under the candelabra can seat 24 people. The dinner here on traditional dishes with charming Julian Melck in old world style is an aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaevening to be remembered. fire-arms, a connoisseur of fine wine and traditional food - and above all, night after night, a knowledgeable raconteur and flamboyant host to guests from all over the land and overseas. A man for all seasons if ever there was one. But an unpretentious, earthly one. He drives not a flashy car, but an old bakkie, wears jeans and not a black tie outfit at dinner, does not own a TV set, reads n e w s p a p e r s a n d magazines and shy s away from a cellphone, i-pad and computer. Although brought up in English (his mother hailed from Britain) he speaks Afrikaans fluently, calling himself an ordinary boer with a passion for the soil. When he takes his place at the A working holiday farm with a difference. That is historic Kersefontein on the banks of the Berg River near Hopefield on the West Coast. Here, in a magnificent 270 year old homestead, the farmer, Julian Melck, dines and wines with his guests. It is a unique experience. head of a 24-seater, 10 meter long mahogany table, under a candelabra with shining candles in a dining room as big as a church hall, time stands still.. When he says grace in the words of an old Dutch table prayer, pours the wine and carves the roast, served with traditional dishes on exquisite porcelain, you turn back your watch at least a hundred years. After dinner, with brandy in front of a fire place in the lounge it becomes an evening to be remembered. You will be lucky to get in. It s normally fully book for months ahead. Accommodation for up to 14 guests is in old, stylishly restored stables from earlier days when Kersefontein was a famous race horse stud farm. It is, of course, not cheap. Editor nie vir korrupsie in die tronk was, nog nie iemand se voete gewas het nie, vir die ou regime gestem voordat Kortbroek ons van die NP verlos het en, anders as Pieter-Dirk Uys, nie naar word as ek op paaie ry wat steeds die name van Hendrik Verwoerd, John Vorster en PW Botha dra. Moet ons soos die ou Bloedsappe maak? Hulle karre was mos gedurig stukkend van in die veld oor klippe en bosse ry, omdat hulle geweier het om op ʼn Nasionale Pad, soos hoofroetes soos die N1 en N2 vroeër bekend was, te ry. Wat my wel in my Suid-Afrika naar maak, is die voortdurende af kraking van voorm ali ge Afrikanerleiers, hoewel nie foutloos nie, wat Suid-Afrika, teen ʼn fraksie van die obsene salarisse wat politici vandag kry, veel beter geregeer het as wat nou die geval is. So ver ek weet was nie een na ʼn leeftyd van diens, ʼn multi -miljoenêr nie. Hulle het op ʼn staatspension geleef en ook nie paleisagtige Nkandla s besit nie, maar hoogstens ʼn beskeie aftreehuis. Maar nouja: Jy kan nie jou brood alkant gebotter hê nie en op stuk van sake gaan dit in talle ander lande beslis slegter as hier. Wat meer is: Ons beleef daagliks die bykans ongelooflike wonderwerk dat Suid-Afrika ondanks onbevoegdheid en skreiende vergrype tog nog redelik goed funksioneer. Die tragedie is dat dit soveel beter kan wees as elkeen sy plig doen en respek vir lewe, eiendom en die omgewing uitleef - soos dit getroue, lojale landsburgers betaam. En grootliks in Europa die geval is.

8 Page 6 - SEPT 2013 NVASIVE plants are plants that I become problematic in areas in which they would not have naturally occurred. They manage to move outside their home range primarily by human involvement. Sometimes accidentally while other times very much intentionally. For example lots of plant species have been introduced into South Africa for various purposes such as food crops, horticulture, timber, dune stabilization and hedge plants. Many of the plant species are beneficial but there are some about which the Environmental Resource M a n ag em en t h a v e b e en increasingly concerned. These plants dramatically increase their numbers. With no natural enemies invasive species have an advantage over indigenous species as they are able to reproduce rapidly and invade our local ecosystems. They degrade the systems with negative impact on the environment. A few examples of negative impact: The Water hyacinth (Eichhormia crassipes) introduced into South Africa as an ornamental plant has taken over some of our wetlands, rivers and dams. Fennel (foeniculum vulgare) introduced for culinary purposes escaped from gardens in Cape Town invading road verges and public open spaces. Rooikrans (Acacia Cyclops) introduced to stabilize dunes has become a threat to the Fynbos along our coast line. Invasive species invade natural areas tu rning speci es-ri ch environments into single-species monocultures. They disturb the balance by using excessive water or degrade the water quality and indigenous plants struggle to compete for their share. Sometimes they promote soil erosion as well as field fires. It is easy to ignore invasive species but the truth is every one of us is impacted directly or indirectly JOU OMGEWING Identity invasive plant species in your garden A new national government list of invasive fish, reptiles, birds, mammals and plant species was published recently. In terms of the law it requires compulsory control or eradication if a permit is not granted. Some of the 106 invasive plant species listed might be in your garden. It is therefore essential that they be identified and removed. by them. We have a shared responsibility to manage the problem. We can play an active part by getting information about invasive garden plants from internet sources or garden centres. It is important to know about invader species in your garden that might jump the garden fence and be a threat to our biodiversity. The Cape Metropole is located in the heart of the Cape Floristic Region. Some of the vegetation types found here are found nowhere else on earth. To protect our indigenous species threatened with extinction, we must control the Coral creeper (Antigonon leptopus) spread of emerging invasive plants according to NEMBA regulations. Some of them have little impact at the moment but with our suitable habitat could result in becoming a major problem in years to come. Garden plants added to list of invasive species that require control: Water plants: Yellow flag iris (Iris pseudacorus) Yellow ware lily (Nymphaea mexicana) Snake grass (Equisetum hyemale) Groundcovers: Periwinkle (Vinca major V minor) Wild strawberry (Duchesnea indica) Wandering Jew (Tradescantia fluminensistzebrine) Flowering shrubs: Canary-bird bush (Crotolaria agatiflora) Nuwe heining van R vir Laguna se dam VEILIGER: Werkers besig om Laguna se dam met ʼn nuwe tralieheining van R veiliger te maak. Van wilde- en bastereende is hier nie een oor nie. Die laastes is onlangs verwyder Sedert die uitwissingsoperasie het geelbekeende hulle aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaook hier tuisgemaak. Geelbekeende word nou vinnig meer DIE BESLUIT, wat baie mense in trane gehad het, dat die uitheemse w il de- en bastereen de in Greenways moet waai, blyk nou die regte te gewees het. Sedert veral, Laguna, dit aangepak het en eendgetalle op die verskeie damme en die Soetrivier verminder het, het getal le van di e inheem se g e e l b e k e en d e d r a m a t i e s toegeneem. Hulle broei nou oral en op plekke is al tot 70 getel. ʼn Amptelike veldtog om die eende oral op damme in stedelike en landelike gebiede in die Wes-Kaap uit te roei, is ook sterk aan die gang. Na raming is daar nog sowat 50 eende in Greenways oor. In ʼn stadium toe hulle gevoer is was daar meer as honderd. Getalle het afgeneem nadat die voerdery gestaak is. Sover dié seisoen het min nuwe kleintjies uitgebroei. Die getalle van kolganse neem skynbaar ook af. Die van bont- en dikkopkiewiete bly min of meer konstant.

9 News / Nuus YOUR ENVIRONMENT SEPT Page 7 and get rid of them now - S Steyn (Trustee - landscaping) Bird-of-paradise flower (Caesalpinia gilliesii) Elderberry (Sambucus Canadensis S nigra) Climbers: Coral creeper (Antigonon leptopus) Dutch man s pipe (Aristolochia elegans) Bananadilla (Passiflora tripartite varmollissima) The Mallard ducks in Greenways Stop die vergassing van bedreigde duinemolle! DIE DOODMAAK van duinemolle in Greenways met gifgas moet gestaak word. Volgens die Trust vir Bedreigde Spesies is die stand van verskeie van veral die 21 gouemolspesies, uniek aan sub- Sahara Afrika, kritiek. Talle spesies is as gevolg van volgehoue vergiftiging deur oningeligte, selfsugtige mense op die rand van uitsterwing. Die mooi, onskadelike diertjies wat ook in die duine, hulle natuurlike habitat, by Greenways voorkom is vroeër, in opdrag van N O M O R E KILLING: A golden dune mole photographed earlier at Greenways w here the y w ere previously gassed to prevent damage to the coastal pathway. Several species are now critically endangered and urgently aaaaneed protection. and the Indian house crows, that reside here are also on the list. Some progress has been made in the removal of the Mallards. It has resulted in the return of the indigenous Cape yellowbilled duck of which some 70 were counted recently on the dams in Greenways. Take a critical look at your garden, identify invasive plants with the help of the guidelines published here and do nature a favour by getting rid of them. die bestuur, op ʼn gereelde basis met gifgas doodgemaak met die verskoning dat hulle ondergrondse grawery skade aan die kuspaadjie veroorsaak. Goue molle verskil van gewone tuinmolle deurdat hulle nie plant- en wortel nie, maar insekvreters is. Hulle lewer dus inderdaad ʼn bydrae om skadelike insekte te bekamp. ʼn Veldtog om hulle voortbestaan te verseker, i s nou gel oods. Greenways behoort daarop ag te slaan en vergassing te staak. Periwinkle (Vinca major V minor) Wandering Jew (Tradescantia fluminensis Tzebrine) Canary-bird bush (Crotolaria agatiflora)

10 Page 8 - SEPT 2013 KUSBESKERMING : COASTAL PROTECTION The destructive face of nature s fury Seafront aid for Greenways turned down again THE ANTICIPATED extremely high cost to safeguard the already eroded coastline, that deteriorated further during winter storms, seems to be the sole responsibility of Greenways. No financial aid can be expected from the central, provincial and municipal governments. This was once again re-iterated during a visit by officials of the various departments during August. The official excuse for the refusal remains: Owners of private seafront properties are responsible for their own safety regardless of the fact that the bordering dune area up to the high water mark are state/ municipal owned and controlled land. Unless taken further, which is unlikely, Greenways will have to foot the bill to protect the property of seafront owners, some of which have become dangerously close to the encroaching ocean, and its vital security infrastructure. It may run into millions which will certainly mean higher levies. How this will be financed and by whom, implicating the joint responsibility or not of all owners, is still uncertain. Although inside owners also enjoy the coastal amenities, a general feeling exists among many that seafront owners must bear the greatest part, if not all, of the cost of whatever measures are necessary. This question and the full implications will be discussed at the coming AGM. In the aftermath of severe high spring tides, that took away another meter of the dunes, sections of the electric security cabling had to be m o v e d. T h e Damage caused along the beach front during the recent severe high spring tides in September. coastal pathway is also at risk. It may soon become necessary to reroute it further within the boundary of Greenways at the most critical points. In the meantime emergency proposals based on the recently completed environmental impact study are in the process of being finalized and presented to NEMA.

11 News / Nuus IMPROVEMENTS : VERBETERINGE SEPT Page 9 PRIDE AND JOY: The facade of the Greenways clubhouse after extensive improvements this year. The verandah has almost doubled in size whilst new ablutions for sports participants (including one for handicapped people) have been incorporated under the deck. The garden store and tool workshop below the clubhouse has been moved to premises behind the building and the area vacated uplifted to the extent that it can also be used for functions. A caddy shack for golfer s registration aaand payment is now also housed in this section and will no longer interfere with functions or meetings in the main hall. Certainly an improvement to be proud of! Greenways kan trots wees op sy uitstekende nuwe klubhuis REENWAYS se mense kan G met nuwe trots na hulle klubhuis kyk. Dis steeds nie so groot en deftig soos dié van meer beroemdes nie, maar danksy die talle verbeteringe oor die afgelope paar jaar en dié wat nou voltooiing nader, vergelyk die klubhuis goed met die van ander gholflandgoedere in die Wes- Kaap en selfs Suid-Afrika. Daarvoor verdien die Trustees lof. Die doelgerigte en volgehoue verbetering van ʼn bate wat beslis tot die waarde van eiendom in Greenways sal bydra, is aan hulle versiendheid en dryfkrag te danke. Wat nou moet gebeur, is dat die klubhuis op gereelde grondslag ten volle benut word om die groot uitgawe te regverdig. Die totale koste van die verbeteringe en wat die afgelope paar jaar aangepak en deurgevoer is, beloop meer as ʼn R1miljoen. Dit sluit in die vergroting en herbouing van die kantoor, kombuis en ablusiegriewe, die opgradering en verfraaiing van die hoofsaal, braaikamer, kroeg en restaurant en die installering van lugversorging, TV, internet, vertoonkaste, ens. Vanjaar is die balkon gerestoureer en aansienlik vergroot, bykomende ablusiegeriewe aangebou en die kelderverdieping, voorheen die werkswinkel en implementestoor, in ʼn ekstra onthaalruimte, bergplek en gholfkantoor omskep. Jeanette Louw Met al hierdie geriewe tot hulle beskikking hoef niemand meer ʼn voet uit Greenways te versit vir ʼn onthaal of funksie nie en sal buiteinstansies ʼn kwalik beter plek vir konferensies en byeenkomste vind. Die groot kapitale projekte, Twee geliefde inwoners oorlede Twee geliefde, bejaarde inwoners van Greenways is die afgelope ruk oorlede. Hulle was Jeanette Louw en Claudina Colyn. Hulle was bure in Village Green. Jeanette (links) het in 2009 ná haar man, ʼn landbouwetenskaplike, se dood in hulle vroeëre vakansiehuis kom aftree en het tot in 2011 in Greenways gewoon waar sy daagliks met haar hondjie gestap het. Ná ʼn beroerte is sy in die siekeboeg van Summervale in Gordonsbaai opgeneem waar sy só herstel het dat sy by geleentheid terug gestap het na Greenways. Die bygaande foto van haar is destyds geneem toe sy ʼn outydse stel gholfstokke aan Greenways geskenk het. Claudina Colyn was die eggenote van Piet Colyn, ʼn voormalige Direkteur-Generaal van Binnelandse Sake. (voeg by wat ek reeds vir jou gestuur het).sy is op 8 Julie oorlede. insluitend die nuwe ingange en brûe oor die Soet Rivier, is nou tot voordeel van Greenways afgehandel en kan met trots benut en gebruik word. Wat van ʼn spoggerige dansparty om die nuwe klubhuis behoorlik in te wy? Claudia Colyn Die Colyns wat sedert hulle aftrede in 1998 in Greenways woon was 56 jaar getroud. Mev. Colyn het vir drie jaar n dapper stryd teen kanker gevoer. Sy was 77. Sy laat haar man, twee dogters, vier kleinkinders en een agterkleinkind na.

12 Page 10 - SEPT 2013 BACK PAGE Babysitter Services over Weekends and for Parents Date Nights Babies, Toddlers and Children with Disabilities Contact Cathy Arendse on Cell: if interested Twakkie s corner Character references available Spring is in the air at last! (Or is it not?) Beste Twakkie, September, die lentemaand, is verby en dit is nou Oktober, die mooiste, mooiste maand en al die veld is vrolik. Ons vriende op die strand het daardie ekstra bietjie woema en ons speel almal te lekker saam. Selfs my ou bene voel beter en ek het lus om saam te hardloop, maar hélaas, dit kan nou nie meer nie - die gees is gewillig, maar die ou bene kan net nie meer nie. Klein Oortjies is die outjie wat die lente gevoel behoorlik het en daar is nie huis te hou met haar nie. September gave us some celestial days, crystal clear and snow-capped mountains, but then we also had some genuine Cape of Storms weather. The last big one, about the equinox (Sept 21st) was a real humdinger. We saw right away when we got to the beach after the storm that the sea had seriously eroded our dunes; in many places forcing them back some 2 meters. There is little doubt that the sea level is rising not much, but inexorably. The dunes not very impressive at the best of times, are our first and only line of defence. It will be quite Greenways News / Nuus is published, printed and distributed by the Greenways Home Owners Association although all items are not necessarily the opinion of the HOA or the Trustees. All stories and commentary are written, and edited, unless otherwise stated, by: J.A. van Wyk, 22 Village Green, Greenways, Strand, SA, 7140 jvwstop1@telkomsa.net impossible for our Greenways community to afford an alternative line of defence, and in any case nobody may do anything on our beach because it is State land. At the moment the State authorities don t seem to be too concerned. All we can do is to do our best to preserve our dunes and keep off them. Dad says that the September issue of the National Geographic magazine has an excellent article on rising seas. Het jy opgelet hoe wonderlik Jabula, die pragtige groot Ridgeback is? Sy ma, Carolee, ry op haar eg Hollandse fiets en hy draf gedwee saam aan sy leiriem met Worsie, die dachshund rustig in ʼn mandjie op die stuurstang te pragtig! Nouja ou vriend, een van die dae is dit weer somer en kan ons in die branders speel. Bly af van ons duine en geniet die wonderlike plek waar ons woon. Mooi loop! Bruno, met die hulp van Oortjies. Raymond Amoretti to leave Greenways Longtime resident Raymond Amoretti who did valuable work as consultant for the approval of new building plans for several years will be leaving Greenways towards the end of the year to settle elsewhere in the Helderberg. Being a widower he is now looking for a suitable, smaller place. His wife, a long serving Trustee, passed away some years ago. They had lived in Greenways since Before that he was in a wood joinery business in Johannesburg. His large, stately beachfront home was sold for just under R5 million. He will miss Greenways, but is looking forward to this new stage of his life, despite being in a wheelchair still full of the joys of life. Clinton de Beer Rental Consultant 97 On Strand 97 Beach Road Strand clinton.helderberg@onlyrentals.co.za