Your newspaper, FREE OF CHARGE Kutliso boys’ gift of love Pg 5 Historic VAT hike will hit poor Pg 8 23 February 2018 • Vol. 148 Issue: 01 Pillay’s plea for support Acting Municipal Manager Ted Pillay addresses members of the public at a meeting organised by the Grahamstown Residents Association at Prime nightclub on Tuesday evening. He outlined the key elements for change in the town and pleaded for support from residents, businesses and those with professional expertise. Photo: Steven Lang PRE-OWNED We will be closed 2017 Hyundai Tucson 2.0 Premium Manual R339 900.00 for stock-take 2016 Hyundai Grand i10 1.2 Fluid Manual R149 990.00 2016 Hyundai Accent 1.6 Motion Manual R199 900.00 2016 Hyundai Grand i10 1.25 Fluid Manual R159 900.00 on Saturday 2016 Hyundai ix35 2.0 Executive Manual R319 900.00 2016 Hyundai Accent Hatch 1.6 Fluid Manual R209 900.00 24 February 2018 2015 Ford Figo 1.4 Ambiente Manual R115 900.00 2014 Toyota RAV4 2.0 GX Automatic R259 900.00 GRAHAMSTOWN 046 622 3914 STEVEN 078 113 3497 TANYA 071 158 0461 SOME FANTASTIC WORK BEING DONE BY MAKANA REVIVE! THIS INITIATIVE DESERVES EVERYONES SUPPORT. 2 NEWS Grocott’s Mail 23 FEBRUARY 2018 Proof of address: ask your councillor DRIVEN BY PEOPLE By LINDANI DONYELI Spokesperson Yoliswa Ramokolo this POWERED BY TECHNOLOGY week confirmed that Makana Munic- Securing ipality no longer offers the service of t h e c i t y f o r o v e r providing proof of address at its Hill 25 years Street offices. This service has been allocated to councillors and ward committee SAFETY members and residents are advised TIPS to approach their ward councillors to assist. FROM ANDRE WILLE THINK LIKE A BURGLAR •Walk around the exterior of your home and scout out its weaknesses: survey it with the eye FOLLOW of a burglar. •Keep shrubbery around ‘Makana Municipality repaired our potholes in Ghost Town three weeks ago. With the heavy rainfall, the potholes have re-opened. It’s not potholes anymore but trenches,’ writes Ward 3 resident Godfrey entrances and walkways trimmed: Brockman. ‘Residents of Ward 3 are unhappy with the state of the roads in Ghost Town. With the heavy don’t make it easier for a thief to @GrocottsMail rains the potholes became trenches and cars had to drive around the trenches.’ He said the potholes had hide when attempting to break in. been filled with sand and stone. Photo: Godfrey Brockman A fence can be an excellent way to keep unwanted visitors off your property. •Install motion sensor lights around your home, especially at Official confirms Listeriosis death in Grahamstown entrances. By SUE MACLENNAN um. According to Kupelo, vulnerable reported immediately to a specific Information about a case, contact •A yard littered with toys signals he Provincial Health Depart- people are the most severely affected. health authority, or authorities, in or- or carrier of a notifiable disease is to a thief that the house may be ment has confirmed one lis- “Immune compromised including der to trigger a management protocol confidential. This includes details filled with equally interesting teriosis-linked death in Gra- those with HIV and TB, diabetics, the for treating and containing the case. about their health status, treatment entertainment Thamstown. The confirmation from aged, infants and pregnant women Once they’re diagnosed, Category 1 or stay in a health establishment. RESPONSES THIS WEEK IN spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo came are most affected by the disease,” Ku- notifiable medical conditions, which Likewise, their health records must be GRAHAMSTOWN yesterday after the Sarah Baartman pelo said. alongside listeriosis include anthrax, protected. House Break-ins: 3 News carried a front-page report Kupelo confirmed that a 71-year- cholera, diptheria, plague, poliomy- The responsibilities of a sub-district Car Break-ins: 1 (with 2 suspects that there had been two cases of the old Grahamstown woman infected elitis, rabies, Ebola fever (and other (ie Makana) health manager include disease in Grahamstown. A number with Listeriosis had died on 18 August viral haemorrhagic diseases) and ensuring adherence to the regulations arrested) of people, including Makana staff, 2017 and did not confirm the second smallpox, require immediate report- in their sub-district and designating a WE OFFER who saw the report, expressed con- reported case. He however, rubbished ing by the most rapid means available person responsible for co-ordinating • 24hr Monitoring cern that residents had not been told the claim that water had caused the followed by a written or electronic no- the surveillance and control of notifi- • Alarm Installations about cases of the Category 1 Notifi- infection. tification to the Department of Health able medical conditions. • Services and repairs to all able Disease in the city. “To suggest that people may have within 24 hours. The law applies to Grocott’s Mail has not yet estab- makes of alarm systems According to the report, which ap- died from drinking listeriosis-infected health care providers, and private or lished who the designated official • Armed Response peared on page 1 of the December water is nonsense,” Kupelo told Gro- public health laboratories. The Minis- in the health Department’s Makana • Guards 2017-February 2018 edition, Sarah cott’s Mail in a telephone interview ter of Health may declare a medical Subdistrict is. Acting social services • Access control (gate Baartman Mayor Eunice Kekana gave yesterday. “Nowhere in the coun- condition notifiable if it poses a public manager Coenraad Hanekom said he automation, intercoms and councillors this information at a Dis- try has water been established as a health risk to a population of a par- had spoken to the infectious control trict Council meeting on 24 January. source of the bacterium. The source is ticular commuunity, district, munici- centre at Netcare who confirmed that cameras) According to the report, Kekana said not known, despite extensive testing pality, province or the country, as well there was no evidence to support a • Electric Fencing it was believed that “the people in across the country. So whoever is sug- as if it requires “immediate, appropri- claim that it came from Makana wa- Securing Kenton on Sea/ the two cases ingested the bacterium gesting they know the source is talk- ate and specific action” to be taken ter. He referred Grocott’s Mail to the Bushman's River/Cannon Rocks/ from the water… ing nonsense.” at national, provincial or municipal District’s Environmental health man- Boknes Areas “It is unfortunate that while we are Listeriosis was declared a Category level. ager, who requested that we speak For advice or a free quote talking about that drought, during 1 (the most serious) notifiable disease A case or carrier of a notifiable dis- directly to Sarah Baartman’s acting December there was a serious con- in December 2017. The Government ease must subject themselves to fur- municipal manager Riaaz Lorgat. contact André Wille cern on Listeriosis, which has since Gazette of 15 December 2017 clearly ther medical examination, which may Lorgat has undertaken to establish Tel: 046 636 1667 claimed the lives of two people in our sets out what a patient, carrier or con- include providing specimens, as well from District officials what communi- region,” Kekana was reported telling tact, as well as a health practitioner as mandatory treatment or quaran- cation was made to Makana officials the councillors. or laboratory is required to do, with tine. If the person refuses, the provin- regarding the Listeriosis case in Gra- Listeriosis is food poisoning caused a potential 10-year jail sentence for cial head of department must apply hamstown, and what channels they EMERGENCY by eating foods contaminated with failure to comply. A notifiable disease to the High Court for a court order to would usually use to communicate to the Listeria monocytogenes bacteri- is a medical condition that must be make them comply. residents in a local municipality. NUMBERS • Ambulance 10177 WEATHER AND • Aids Helpline 0800 012322 046 603 6300 • AA Rescue 0800 111997 WEATHER & TIDES • Medical Rescue 0800 033007 • GHT Child Welfare 046 636 1355 TIDES • Electricity 046 603 6036 FRIDAY 9 February MONDAY THURSDAY A/H 046 603 6000 Rain.Moderate WNW Breeze. Clear sky. Gentle ENE breeze. Fair. Gentle easterly breeze. • Eskom 086 014 00014 Temperature: Min 25°C Max 32°C Temperature: Min 13°C Max 18°C Temperature: Min 20°C Max 28°C • Fire Brigade 046 622 4444 Tides: Low 10:14 22:30 Tides: Low 11:49 23:56 Tides: Low 01:05 13:49 • Ght Police Station 046 603 9152 High 04:14 16:21 High 05:44 17:53 High 07:40 19:54 • Hi-Tec 046 636 1660 • Raphael Centre 046 622 8831 SATURDAY TUESDAY FRIDAY • SPCA 046 622 3233 Cloudy. Light SSE breeze. Clear sky. Light NNE air. Light rain. Gentle SSW breeze. • Traffic Services 046 603 6067 Temperature: Min 15°C Max 19°C Temperature: Min 15°C Max 26°C Temperature: Min 21°C Max 23°C • Water 046 603 6136 Tides: Low 10:44 22:58 Tides: Low 12:24 Tides: Low 01:51 14:54 • Hospice 046 622 9661 High 04:43 16:50 High 06:18 18:27 High 08:41 21:05 • Settlers Hospital 046 602 5000 • Day Hospital 046 622 3033 SUNDAY WEDNESDAY • Fort England 046 602 2300 Rain showers. Gentle southerly breeze. Cloudy. 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