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Long may it last! my knowledge of Claw partners at Cape Cross HAVE JUST read (from cover to Mike van Reenen (Community Lead Animal Lodge (the only privately cover) nose82 and, as usual, The Philippines Welfare), a Gauteng initiative owned land on this coast Iwas delighted to find out Indeed. Re arms scandal, that is largely funded by with a beachfront whose about the goings-on in my see pages 12-15. – Ed. IFAW. I was a volunteer main attraction is the world’s homeland. No doubt in the last year when Claw ran a biggest mainland seal course of time you will reveal IFAW bashing unfair spay-a-thon in Soweto, which breeding colony) is Namibia’s more about the granddaddy of I’m a huge fan, but your sterilised a couple of hundred Fisheries & Marine Resource corruption concerning Zuma seal-cull article (nose82), dogs for free; I’ve also seen director, Dr Burger Oelofsen. and the Arms Scandal. seems unfair to me. Perhaps how Claw has provided Dr Oelofsen said in 2000: However, let me assure you do not know that IFAW vegetable-gardening skills and “We know they are going South Africans who think has been the target of a nasty equipment to impoverished to die, so why not harvest their country is going to and unjustified campaign by communities. them?” At the lodge seals the dogs that corruption Francois Hugo who, it would You imply that IFAW are killed from 5am to 10am, in SA is peanuts compared appear, is your main source. saved oiled penguins as a then it’s open to the public to the Philippines. South I understand his hysterical PR exercise while ignoring from 10am to 5pm, July to African politicians could defence of the seals. (Those a [massive] seal die-off November. They make money from the people killing seals and then from the seal-loving Let me assure South Africans who think their country is going to the tourists (who have no idea what’s gone before). If you’re dogs that corruption here is peanuts compared to that in the Philippines a trophy hunter, you can even pay to go in and kill seals with bows and arrows. Besides the obvious conflict learn a thing or two on using poor baby seals die in a elsewhere along the coast. of interest, what kind of their term of office to enrich horrible way, just like the I don’t know the rights and marine wildlife management themselves and their families, less photogenic piggy you wrongs of this – and for is this? entrenching political control ate at breakfast.) But I am all we can see, neither do Menkit Prince of their constituencies and disappointed that he tries to you, with no comment from Australia fiddling elections. damage an organisation that, IFAW – but possibly” IFAW “What the Philippines with a mere R650 million decided to allocate funds to Wank you, Harold! needs is a noseweek to reveal a year, manages to achieve the victims of a man-made I write in support and in all. However, the statistics of an amazing amount. (This disaster rather than to those praise of your Last Word the number of journalists who amount must be stretched of what was likely a natural column by Harold Strachan. have been assassinated here to cover campaigns in 13 disease? IFAW does not have Michael Webb (Letters, in the last two years would countries, a peanut-total of unlimited resources to deal nose81) describes it as a not make a job with noseweek R50 million or so per country.) with each and every disaster. “mental wank.” Once into it, (Philippines) an attractive I am not an IFAW member What about WWF? What I think it is imaginative and proposition. At least all you or donor, but I know about about the WSPCA? hilarious. need fear in South Africa is a their organisation through It’s counterproductive Mr Webb should remember to bash a perfectly useful that wanking remains one of Gus organisation simply because it mankind’s most popular and does not have the resources to pleasureable pastimes. espouse the one cause that Mr Ron McGregor Hugo happens to care so Mowbray deeply about. Mandi Smallhorne A Harold for all Wilropark There is frequent debate We research our own stories. about “old Harold” and his Seal culling was IFAW South columnf My question is: who Africa’s thing – and then, is Harold Strachan? I suddenly, it wasn’t any more. recently read a biography of Now see NoseArk on page 34. Bram Fischer and a Harold – Ed. Strachan is mentioned there. Is that our Harold? Could you Double harvest perhaps give us a brief Thanks for NoseArk’s background to the man? excellent article on DeBeers And, by the way, you can add and the Namibian seal my vote to the “keep Harold” cull. DeBeers need to be fraternity. exposed for the corporate Greg King environmental rapists they Bryanston are. Our Harold is the man you “If we were living in a better world, I’m Your readers also ought meet each month at the back sure we wouldn’t know it.” to be told that one of the of noseweek. And, yes, he’s the 4 noseweek OCTOBER 2006 one that features in Fischer’s Gant to the defence described as “indecisive The article omits both my biography – and a fair number and at best inconclusive” evidence and the arbitrator’s of other places, too. Could and “unconvincing”. The rulings. Printing only there be another? Your vote HE UNTRUE AND defamatory arbitrator found Mr Gilmour Gilmour’s side was negligent. has been recorded. – Ed. allegations against had “undermined his own I do not think it is Tme in “Let Us Prey” reliability” in his own inappropriate to ask you Down with junk (nose83) are founded on the documents where he referred to offer an apology and “Food and crime” by George premise that, in terms of an to the transaction only as a to retract the allegations Monbiot (nose80) made for arrangement made between “15% shareholding”. against me. fascinating reading. myself and Mr Gilmour, The arbitrator came to Dave Gant With all the junk in our he was entitled to 15% of the “inevitable conclusion Somerset West food supply chain, all of the issued share capital in that no loan account was Our story clearly records us, not only delinquents, run Brackenridge Property Pty created”, which is not the arbitrator’s acceptance the risk of being deficient in Ltd (which he received) surprising. The property, that there was never certain nutrients. and a loan account of R3,6m under Gilmour’s Trust intended to be a loan As much as I dislike in the company (which for nearly 10 years, was account. We, however, supermarkets I feel credit he did not receive). You moribund. In 1998 we maintain that it is highly should be given where due elaborate on this by way of were prepared to pay the unlikely that a successful when it comes to truly natural a host of factually incorrect vendors R10.8m. When businessman would have foods and drinks: Woolworths statements and assumptions. Gilmour got his shares agreed to exchange property now have on offer organic Perhaps the most over two years later, we worth R3.6 million for shares vegetables and vegetable malicious and untrue of had, with no contribution worth R975, especially as juices.