6 Friday 14 May 2021 The Hera ld n ews

●Municipal staff step in after Herald report on legal battle over Jos-Lynn Oli fant ’s death Drowning-tragedy drain finally repaired

Devon Koen Grootboom and Mielies streets Mielies Street. Yesterday, April April said it was difficult to ko e n d @t h e h e ra l d .co. z a in Greenfields on September 13 acknowledged it was the re- manage the situation as the 2014. sponsibility of municipal covers were stolen regularly. It took a child’s death and Jo s - Ly n n ’s parents, Ntombi- workers to report open drains “We know open drains pose front-page article —but the zodwa Olifant and Johannes which they may come across a danger to pedestrians [but] manhole in Kariega where lit- Barry are suing the city for al- during their everyday duties. we can’t lose sight of the fact tle Jos-Lynn Olifant drowned most R4m in damages for what She said there were no re- that drain covers are stolen on nearly seven years ago, has fi- they claim was negligence on ports of complaints received by a daily basis. nally been fixed. the part of the municipality. her office between January “We can repair them today Yesterday, however, Nelson On Wednesday, Olifant told 2014 and September 2014 from and tomorrow it is stolen,” Mandela Bay municipality the court she and other resi- Mielies Street but conceded April said. roads and storm water direc- dents had called the municipal- that there were callouts to re- Little Jos-Lynn died after torate senior superintendent ity ’s customer services helpline pair water leaks in the area. falling in the open drain. The Nokonwaba April told the high on several occasions to report Asked by advocate Hen- postmortem stated the cause of court in Gqeberha that no the open drain but no-one had drick van der Linde, instructed death was drowning. complaints had been lodged ever come to fix the problem . by attorney Wilma Espag-van On Wednesday, the drain prior to the incident which It is alleged the drain started der Bank, on behalf of Olifant, was still standing open albeit might of prevented the tragedy. filling up in 2013 from a burst if there were reports of callouts filled with litter. PUBLIC DANGER: The drain on the corner of Grootboom and Mielies Street in Gree nf i e l ds , The 17-month-old toddler water pipe up the road in to Grootboom Street during Workers were seen through- COVERED UP: The manhole where little Jos-Lynn Kariega, where Jos-Lynn Olifant drowned in 2014, was still standing open on We d n e sd ay drowned in the manhole near Grootboom Street and a water the same period, April said she out most of yesterday in the Olifant drowned nearly seven years ago was fixed P i ctu re : EUGENE COETZEE her home on the corner of leak around the corner in did not have them with her. area repairing the drain. yesterday P i ctu re : FREDLIN ADRIAAN

● Bay law firm delivers ❡●whale waters talks on cyberbullying

Zamandulo Malonde of cyberbullying. of charge in an attempt to pre- school, university or employer. m a l on d ez@t h e h e ra l d .co. z a This comes after several vent such incidents from taking “Social media content is like incidents were reported of place in future. a tattoo because once you post Schools tend to neglect the le- pupils across the country at- “Schools can still make use it, it’s there permanently. gal implications of cyberbully- tempting to take their own of people like us because we “Don’t post something ing when educating pupils lives after being bullied online deal with cases like this and yo u ’ll regret,”she said. about it. by their peers. have practical knowledge. Charlo Primary School prin- Therefore, many children At Sanctor High School in “They can contact us and cipal Almorie Daniell said it do not understand what conse- Nelson Mandela Bay recently, a we ’re happy to share the was better to prevent bullying quences they may face if they pupil overdosed on medication k n owl e d g e, ”Beukes said. than to wait for a tragic inci- bully online. after her photograph appeared During the talk, Frauenstein dent to occur. This is the view of Gqeber- on Facebook with derogatory warned the pupils to think She said the school took ed- ha attorney Kirsty Frauenstein, co m m e n t s . carefully about what they ucating pupils beyond the aca- who delivered a talk about Prior to that, in Limpopo, chose to post on the internet demic curriculum seriously. cyberbullying to Charlo Prima- a pupil committed suicide and what they engaged in. “Most children don’t realise ry School pupils yesterday after she was filmed being bul- She advised them to use that by just being in a problem- morning. lied by a fellow pupil, while three principles —the bill- atic WhatsApp group they Frauenstein, of Frauenstein others cheered the alleged board test, the six Ps and the could also get into trouble. and Beukes Attorneys, said aggressor on. tattoo effect —before posting “We started with grade 4s schools often focused on the Frauenstein, who will be on social media. for this talk because I don’t psychological and emotional hosting the talks together with “If you wouldn’t want the think the younger ones are impact of bullying, but not the her partner, Emmielize Beukes, content on a billboard with ready for such a heavy subject, effects of cyberbullying. said children needed to be your face and details then don’t but hopefully in the future She said when children aware of the consequences of post it. we ’ll be able to cover that sub- were aware of the conse- “posting that picture”or “send - “Don’t post it if you ject with them,”she said. A humpback whale slaps the water with its tail off Gqeberha this week. Raggy Charters owner Lloyd Edwards says while humpback whales typically quences of their actions, they ing that message”. wo u l d n ’t be comfortable with Beukes said by educating pass through Algoa Bay as they migrate each year between their Antarctic summer feeding grounds and their winter breeding zone off East Africa, made better decisions. The Bay legal firm had writ- it being seen by your parents, children from a young age, sub-adult humpback whales have been lingering in Algoa Bay off North End. He says this also happens to coincide with three killer whale sightings Yesterday ’s talk was part of ten to several schools in the your principal, paedophiles, even adult bullying could be earlier in the month. ‘It seems these juvenile humpbacks feel a lot safer in the shallower water. As per the photo, one can be seen slapping its tail, a a series of talks on the dangers metro offering to give talks free police, phisher and a potential cu r b e d . method used to deter predation by killer whales.’ P i ctu re : LLOYD EDWARDS/RAGGY CHARTERS Dlamini finally settles R650,000 Letter signed by Mandela and other personal costs order in Sassa debacle Rivonia triallists on auction in UK

Erin Bates the court, so it was proper that Suthentira Govender Collins started a Treason Trial tures of Mandela, Kathrada and dricks, Reeza Hendricks, Hein- she should personally pay for Fund in 1956 to help pay for all, and is clearly a genuine and rich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Former social development PAYING THE her role in the “sorry saga” A letter signed by late former the defence of 156 anti- fascinating slice of history. , David Miller, minister Bathabile Dlamini has PRICE: Former around social grants. statesman Nelson Mandela apartheid leaders accused on “We want it to free up , , paid over half a million rand so c i a l The court said there must and 23 other Rivonia triallists four counts of treason. some funds to support future , Dwaine out of her own pocket to settle d eve l o p m e nt be consequences, because the appealing for funds to cover “This letter, drafted mere leaders in the struggle for social Pretorius, , a costs order handed down in m i n iste r finding against Dlamini was so legal costs for their treason months before the end of the j u st i ce. ” and Rassie van the Constitutional Court in Bat h a b i l e serious in the context of pro- trial is on auction by a UK- treason trial, is an appeal for The highest bid received for der Dussen —capped at 2018. Dlamini viding social grants to SA’s based education trust to help support for the last leg of the the three-page typed letter so R40,000. The Centre for Applied Law Picture: MA SI most needy. young South Africans to devel- four-year trial, signed by 24 of far has been R25,000. A framed shirt of Manch- Studies (CALS) announced LO SI Dlamini opposed the per- op solutions to the climate the leaders, including Nelson The price tag is R34,000. ester United’s De Gea, and an Dlamini’s belated payment in a sonal costs punishment, argu- change crisis. Mandela, Walter Sisulu and A limited edition print of unframed shirt of Tottenham statement yesterday. note that in the past two involving a tender to pay out ing it violated the separation of The Canon Collins Trust is Ahmed Kathrada.” Mandela, signed by famed pho- Hotspur’s Jermain Defoe are al- Dlamini is believed to have weeks the order has now been social grants awarded to CPS p owe r s . hosting the online auction, The trust’s chief executive, tographer Jurgen Schadeberg, is so up for grabs. settled the amount in the past complied with and Dlamini that had expired —but was re- The court found no merit in which also includes sports Stuart Craig, said the letter was also going under the hammer World number seven tennis two weeks. has paid our costs,”the centre newed repeatedly. that argument. memorabilia signed by Spring- discovered among old papers and is priced at R160,000. player Alexander Zverev’s The centre noted Dlamini’s said. Dlamini was accused of fail- She argued further that the bok greats, cricketer Gary in its office. A starting bid of R70,000 has shoes, which he wore during tardiness in settling the out- In the 2018 case, the Black ing to make sure the SA Social Constitutional Court did not Kirsten and other Proteas, He described it as a chance been received for the print. his quarterfinal match against standing bill, totalling about Sash and Freedom Under Law Security Agency (Sassa) was ca- have authority to hold a minis- Manchester United’s David de discovery when the organisa- A white rugby jersey signed Novak Djokovic at Roland Gar- R650,000, and criticised her for persuaded the apex court that pacitated to pay out social ter to account by paying per- Gea and tennis player Alexan- tion was moving to new by six Springbok greats —Vic - ros in 2019, have a R10,000 ignoring letters of demand, Dlamini should pay out of her grants after the contract with sonal costs. der Zverev. premises. tor Matfield, Bryan Habana, price tag. changing attorneys and mak- own pocket for her role in the CPS expired. The court ruled in the The trust was once chaired “The Canon Collins Trust is Tendai Mtawarira, John Smit, The auction is set to end on ing every effort to avoid paying social grants. The apex court deemed NPOs’f avo u r . by late radical Anglican priest steeped in the history of the Jean de Villiers and Percy Saturday night. —Ti m e s L I V E before settling. The Black Sash drew on ad- Dlamini’s conduct reckless Sassa and its chief executive Canon John Collins, who led struggle, with our founders Montgomery —is also on Two years after the court or- verse findings against Dlamini and negligent, which was suffi- were made to pay the lion’s anti-apartheid campaigns in supporting the freedom move- auction. dered her to do so, Dlamini fi- made by retired judge Bernard cient reason for a personal share of the costs, while Dlami- the UK and in 2007 received ment for decades before,”he The bid threshold is set at T he nally paid the two nonprofit Ng o e p e. costs order. ni was ordered to pay 20% of the Order of the Companions said. R50,000. organisations (NPOs) that took He led an inquiry into the Justice Johan Froneman, the bill herself. of OR Tambo in Silver posthu- “We were going through Also on auction is a jersey Hera ld her to task over the social social grants debacle with Cash who wrote the unanimous Calls to Dlamini’s spokes- mously for his contribution to some old photos when this signed by Protea cricketers www.facebook .com/ grants debacle. Paymaster Services (CPS). judgment of 2018, said Dlamini person went unanswered yes- the liberation struggle. letter came to light. Temba Bavuma, Quinton de He ra l d LIVE “We have been gratified to The matter relates to a case was culpable for misleading terday. —Bu s i n e ss L I V E According to the trust, “It has the original signa- Kock, Dean Elgar, Beuran Hen- Murder accused arrested four months after shooting

Devon Koen that on March 23 last year, and was able to apprehend vehicle theft, illegal possession little girl who was standing and knew De Lange as a mem- driving on the day of his arrest ko e n d @t h e h e ra l d .co. z a he and his partner were pa- De Lange, 25, about 50m of a firearm and ammunition n e a r by. ber of the New Time Bozzas. was reported stolen on March trolling in Kamesh, Uitenhage, from where he had been pulled and two counts of contraven- The witness escaped un- He said Nicholas had no 16 in St Benedict Street, West Four months after suspected when they noticed a dark ove r . ing the Prevention of Organ- harmed while the six-year-old gang affiliation. End. gangster Remario de Lange al- green Mazda bakkie without It is alleged that De Lange ised Crime Act related to the was treated at Livingstone Yesterday, forensic expert De Lange’s defence advo- legedly shot dead a man and number plates being driven in shot Lorenzo Victor Nicholas, aiding and abetting of criminal Hospital. Warrant Officer Philip Bekker cate, Louisa Roux, said De wounded a six-year-old girl in the area. 27, on November 14, 2019, gang activities. Nicholas died at the scene told the court that tests con- Lange was driving it because a Helenvale, he was finally ar- They followed the bakkie while he was walking in Kobus The state alleges that after from multiple gunshot ducted at the scene of the friend had asked him to fetch rested while driving a stolen and pulled it over. Street, Helenvale. shooting Nicholas, De Lange wounds to the head, chest shooting showed that the some pork after hiring the ve h i c l e. As it stopped, the driver, On Monday, De Lange opened fire on a 29-year-old and abdomen. shooter had been standing ve h i c l e. ON TRIAL: Remario de Lange Testifying in the high court identified by Arends as De pleaded not guilty to the mur- man who had witnessed the Earlier this week, a witness about 50m from where the six- The friend allegedly did not during an earlier appearance in in Gqeberha yesterday, War- Lange, jumped out and fled. der of Nicholas, the attempted shooting. told the court that he was a year- old was shot. have a driver’s licence. the high court in Gqeberha this rant-Officer Rudy Arends said Arends said he gave chase murder of the six-year-old girl, A stray bullet struck the member of the Dondolos gang The Mazda De Lange was The trial continues. week P i ctu re : WERNER HILLS