<50;(:/3,@7(92.(930*2,(=,5<,c *(:;3,30;,365.;64: /(5:(.63+,5*90:7 24x500ml 6x330ml 99 9 :[YPJ[S`UV[YHKLYZc>LYLZLY]L[OLYPNO[[VSPTP[X\HU[P[PL:[YPJ[S`UV[YHKLYZc>LYLZLY]L[OLYPNO[[VSPTP[X\HU[P[PLZ ,HUK6,:WLJPHSZH]HPSHISLH[)HSSP[VIYHUJOVUS`6MMLYZ,HUK6,:WLJPHSZH]HPSHISL H[ )HSSP[V IYHUJO VUS` 6MMLYZ No 1476 Vol 33 | Tel: 032-9460276 | www.northcoastcourier.co.za | Friday, November 16, 2018 ]HSPKMYVT[VVY^OPSLZ[VJRZSHZ[ 40,000 copies free every week from Umdloti to Mandeni 5V[MVYZHSL[VWLYZVUZ\UKLY[OLHNLVM The Market Finding your Change No holding turns ‘why’ starts with back One! you Page 5 Page 7 Page 14 Page 28 Close shave! Allan Troskie dorsal fi n right at his elbow. “It was terrifying. All I A ski-fi sherman who had an remember seeing was its head eyeball-to-eyeball encounter and nose sticking out of the with a Great White shark at the water and a huge black eye, eye- weekend is thinking of taking a balling me.” little break from his hobby. Fortunately, after a quick Bryan Machado, a teacher ‘taste’ of his fi shing-ski, the from Durban, travelled to Tinley shark decided to leave him alone Manor on Sunday morning to and swam away. fi sh from his ski - and narrowly With his boat rapidly fi lling escaped with his life. with water, Machado managed “We arrived at the beach to paddle to a nearby ski boat before 5am and paddled out past which followed him back to the backline,” Machado told the shore to be certain he was Courier. alright. Bryon Machado came face to face with a three meter great white shark. “I had my feet hanging over “It felt like it was thrashing the sides as I normally do and I for hours, but it was probably put one line in with a live bait. I only for a few seconds,” recalled then headed out deeper for about Machado. 30 minutes at a slow paddle.” “Funnily enough, I used to be ‘No blue lights’: offi cials warn At about 5.30am, after the sun out on the fi shing-ski quite a lot, had risen, the calm morning’s but I’ve been rather busy and fi shing came to a terrifying end. this was my fi rst trip to sea this Erica Abrahams were not allowed to have their protection services (the transport “All I remember is seeing a vehicles fi tted with the emergency of King Goodwill Zwelethini) and year. I have been kayak-fi shing Local politicians have been fl ash on my left side - then the for about a decade and have lights or to break the speed limit. the state president to have blue impact came and knocked me banned from making use of the The document notes: “Only lights fi tted to their vehicles. come reasonably close to several emergency blue light to zip their and my boat right into the air.” big animals, but this was the a vehicle operated by a traffi c Despite this, locals have The father of a 14-year-old way through traffi c. offi cer, police offi cer or a member complained about the abuse of fi rst time I’ve had an aggressive Recently KwaDukuza offi cials boy said he was not sure how, encounter.” of the defense force in the blue lights by politicians and but he was lucky to fall back received a warning notice from execution of his or her duties may of them speeding and skipping Since his brush with danger, the municipal crime prevention down right into the seat of his the KZN Sharks Board paid him be fi tted with or have a blue light. red robots. Some claim to have ski. department as part of the ‘back They may exceed the speed limit.” spotted KwaDukuza mayor a visit to inspect the bite mark to basics’ programme on how He recounted how the three- on his fi shing-ski and confi rmed The Road Traffi c Act makes Ricardo Mthembu’s cars using metre long shark latched onto councillors ought to conduct further exceptions for the blue lights and speeding on a that it was a great white shark of themselves, which noted that local the side of the ski, its head at least three metres. premier, MECs, the speaker of shaking, tail thrashing and councillors, including the mayor, the provincial legislature, VIP Continued on Page 2 Continued on Page 2 LE SUP TY ER S S E P F A I L R Freshly PREPARED Entertaining made easy! Si 3 nce 200 CLICK AND COLLECT www.lifestylesuperspar.co.za 2 The North Coast Courier, November 16, 2018 NEWS ‘I have used R20m for lights,’ admits mayor crowded Continued from Page 1 number of occasions. Responding to this, Mthembu admitted to occasionally making use of the lights when being escorted to political rallies but school denied speeding accusations. “In truth, I am not a blue light person Sboniso Dlamini and I respect that it should be used by authorities to attend to emergencies. If Four years after pupils and parents fi rst people are saying that I am abusing the began protesting against the overcrowding lights then they are welcome to take it up and condition of pre-fab classes at Tinley directly with me because this is not true.” Manor Primary, phase one of the school’s Still in doubt, Ballito’s Brett Moran extension is due to begin in two weeks time. questioned if the regulation was being The school currently seats more than 50 One of the overcrowded classrooms at Tinley Manor Primary School where children sit three or policed. pupils in a class, three or four at a desk four to a desk. “So when I saw KDM cars run two set meant for two, while in some classrooms of red lights on Friday at 5.30pm what more than 100 children are crammed in Laam Construction, the project is expected issues going forward. happened? Nothing. I am all for the law together. to take 15 months. “I pray that the project will be completed but it needs to be policed and who will The ward committee and teachers were Project manager Sthembiso Ndlovu asked on time so that our children will get pull over a government offi cial?” briefed at a meeting last Thursday about the for co-operation from Velani residents until classrooms,” said Ngubane. However, Umhlali SAPS captain Vinny construction. the project was completed. The education department had originally Pillay said the use of the signal and The R20 million fi rst phase consists of 12 “We must ensure that no matter what promised to expand the school as of June speeding would warrant an arrest. standard classrooms, a multi-purpose class, issues may occur, we should never forget 2016. When this did not materialise the “The police make use of this light, along two grade R classes, a kitchen and tuck that the main purpose of the project is to school suffered from numerous community with sirens to get through traffi c in the shop, store room and new three blocks of help the children,” said Ndlovu. protests and was closed for two weeks case of an emergency. toilets. School governing body deputy chair earlier this year when parents lost patience “This should not be misused. If people According to the contractor, Robert Sthembiso Ngubane said he was happy to over the lack of progress. spot politicians with a blue light or Ngema from Intuthwane JV and NA Van der see progress and he hoped there would be no speeding, they should take down their registration and report the incident.” Road to nowhere, says DA Lucky escape for fi sherman Allan Troskie Continued from Page 1 Tempers have hit the tipping point over the ongoing excuses for the never ending work on the N2 north of Salt Rock. Mike Anderson Reed of the Sharks Board DA MP and deputy chair of the party’s said that Great White sharks are a common federal council, Natasha Mazonne, visited fi xture all along the KZN coastline. the roadworks on Monday and was shocked “White sharks are very mobile, so they at the state of affairs. follow the food. If there is enough food in “Sanral needs to stop all this cloak and an area to support the shark, it will hang dagger secrecy - we want to know exactly around.” who has been paid, and for what,” she said. Anderson Reed said there was no Sanral Eastern Region project manager “danger period” as far as great white shark Ridhwaan Mahomed has told the Courier encounters go. on many occasions that the contractor was “They are on our coast all year long. only paid 27 percent of the fee (R15,5m) We tend to see small peaks in activity in before going into liquidation. June and July, as well as November and However, Mazonne said the DA “knew for December.” a fact that Sanral had paid out 50 percent of DA MP Natasha Mazonne says there is no He said it was unlikely the shark had the total” of R57,4m. excuse for the project to be dragging on for been in full hunting mode. “We need to join the dots by tracking the so long. “White sharks are very inquisitive accounts. If you want to get to the truth - animals, particularly towards objects on the follow the money,” she said. letter to the Courier. “Procurement abnormalities are water’s surface. They will often come along Suren Sahadave of Stanger is one of many and ‘mouth’ an object just out of curiosity.