0HDW:RUOG6SULQJV7HO BENONI 0HDW:RUOG%RNVEXUJ7HO 6$)$5, 6$7 %,/721* 5 SNJ Friday September 1, 2017 FREE | 011 425 0164 | www.benonicitytimes.co.za :(5(6(59(7+(5,*+772/,0,748$17,7,(6 EXCLUSIVE! INSIDE THIS WEEK’S ISSUE! ONLINE Welcome Hobbyists Local DJ Parents must sight for are on the is holding respond to birds right track thumbs department www.benonicitytimes.co.za - Page 3 - Page 5 - Page 12 Spring is upon us Spring is in the air. Airfi eld resident Shazia and her one-year-old son, Danny Soobramoney, are pictured in the All Souls Church garden. Photo: Penelope Masilela. Bunnies may be sent to zoo Kevin van der List (including VAT),” the papers decision has been taken. The of disease in the park is represents the Ward situation” of the increasing state. matter is currently with our beyond control and so 27 committee on the population needs to be The municipality may resort “The division is, however, political offi ce.” humane euthanasia will, environmental portfolio, addressed, but she feels to donating hundreds of of the strong opinion that According to Benoni sadly, be the only solution.” said she has opposed the it should be done through rabbits from the Benoni no more than 1 000 rabbits SPCA manager Vicky Tania Forrest-Smith, plan on two occasions. sterilisations. Bunny Park to a zoo to should be sterilised and Finnemore, she has spoken who has also heard about Forrest-Smith agreed curtail the increasing bunny given up for adoption. to an EMM offi cial with the proposed plans and that the “out of control Continued on page 2 population. “It is the division’s regards to the proposal to opinion that any further have some of the animals This proposal is contained EARLY BIRD SPECIAL 2 SEPTEMBER 2017 in a leaked document to the costs related to the euthanised. 7:30AM TO 10:00AM ONLY City Times. sterilisation of rabbits Finnemore said the bunny OR WHILE STOCKS LAST. Contained within the could be a fruitless and population at the Benoni OAKFIELDS papers, the Ekurhuleni unnecessary expense.” landmark is “out of control”, * 2 y 0 d It goes on to say, that in which might leave humane 1 u t Metropolitan Municipality 7 s R ep ute (EMM) said the “excess order to comply with the euthanasia as the only LOWER utation Instit rabbits” need to be dealt original court settlement option. with as a “matter of that only 50 sterilised “The SPCA does not urgency”. rabbits remain in the park condone the killing of “In accordance with the in a separate enclosure, the animals, but we understand PRICES original court settlement, division suggests several that the problems in the the division has sterilised a ways to reduce numbers, Bunny Park have now ON WHAT YOU NEED MOST total of 805 rabbits out of including donating the escalated to the point where R 99 a possible 4 000 rabbits, at animals to a zoo. it is no longer conducive or PRICES VALID 2 SEPTEMBER 2017 ONLY 52 OAKFIELDS FRANCHISE STORE ONLY TEL (011) 425 1957 Asked whether these plans sustainable animal welfare,” Promotional stocks are limited. 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GreenLIVE.co.za 2 NEWS www.benonicitytimes.co.za | Friday September 1 2017 THE LEGAL Park upgrades continue EAGLES Emile Badenhorst From page 1 The Bunnies Group on Facebook 2016/17 year, which included: due to ill health, said the new • Dredging of dams Should a prospective She said the rabbit numbers are far administrators of the group, which • Upgrade to the inlet and outlet purchaser lack too high. includes Danielle Hugo, have now • Partial irrigation cashfl ow, a property “They (the municipality) can’t shifted their focus to catching • Interior fencing can be purchased by do it because of the number of rabbits outside the facility. He said R5-m will be spent way of an ‘instalment bunnies - it’s impossible,” she For years, rabbits have roamed on the second phase, which is sale agreement’. said. the streets outside the Bunny Park. scheduled for the 2017/18 fi nancial According to the Alienation of Land Act Although sterilising the animals The issue of escaping rabbits year. 68 of 1981 it is required that all contracts and rehoming them would be was again highlighted several Gadebe said the money will be of sale of land must be contained in a her fi rst option, she agrees the weeks ago when Jan de Beer wrote spent on: written document (Deed of Sale or Offer situation has got out of control a letter to the City Times. • Upgrade and additional animal to Purchase) signed by both parties. and there needs to be a reasonable He said people are guilty shelters The conclusion can be drawn that such solution. of feeding rabbits outside the • Additional shade shelters for an offer to purchase has to be in writing “I’m not a proponent of park and that many bunnies are animals and the public and must contain a description of parties, euthanasia at all, but if the fl attened by passing vehicles. • Additional feeding troughs the property sold and the price. animals are suffering, what are we Hugo said members of the public • Dip stations for animals Instalment sale agreements are supposed to do?” have caught about 100 rabbits over • Additional fencing sometimes used when the buyer cannot Gadebe said the municipality a two-month period. • Planting of pastures. buy the property for cash and is also was still sterilising rabbits. The group is still rehoming However, Ward 27 councillor unable to obtain fi nancial assistance He said Ekurhuleni was planning bunnies, but will soon run out of Jacques Meiring said no money from a third party (such as a bank or to sterilise all the bunnies before safe havens. had been set aside for planting other fi nancial institution) to fi nance the the end of this fi nancial year and “At some point, all those pastures. He said donating animals transaction. hopes to be left with 50 bunnies fostering bunnies will end up with to the zoo may be the only answer. The parties can agree that the purchase only. their own bunny park,” said Hugo. “There is no other alternative; price is payable in instalments over a Gadebe said the metro had Renovations continue every other option has been period of time and that transfer will be already sterilised 850. Gadebe said upgrades were explored,” he said. passed to the purchaser only after the Running out of homes continuing at the facility. The Bunny Park will remain balance of the purchase price is paid in Forrest-Smith, who has since He said R4.47-million was spent closed until the end of Phase Two full. resigned from The Public Save on Phase One of the revamp in the of the upgrade. In our common law the purchaser who buys property in instalments is exposed to a number of risks: • The seller who remains the owner of Suppliers of: Robbed at intersection the property might be declared insolvent A 22-year-old man was robbed at was smoking. Sekele said the before the property has been transferred 9LHZSRLQW a Rynfi eld intersection on August man was taken by surprise and to the buyer. )DUPLQJ Compost 23, police say. he remembers having his hoodie • The seller can register a bond over the Capt Nomsa Sekele, Benoni pulled over his head. He was property even after the sale is concluded Lawn Dressing SAPS spokesperson, said the removed from the vehicle. which could mean that the purchaser victim was driving alone and When he was removed from the cannot obtain transfer, even if he/she has stopped at the intersection of Hyundai i20 he was kicked once. paid the full purchase price, because the Top Soil President Steyn and President During this time, the assailants seller does not have the fi nancial means Boshoff roads at about 6.15am. stole a tablet, bank cards, ID and at that stage to repay the outstanding bond amount. Tel: 011 Tel:917-0493 011 917-0493/4/4 / 011 916-5904 The man told police his cash from the vehicle. A case of www.viewpointfarming.co.za window was half open and he common robbery was opened. • The seller could even sell the property to a third party by the same type of instalment sales contract. To avoid these risks, certain provisions were included in the Alienation of land Act 68 of 1981. Section 20 of the Act makes provision that such a contract may be recorded at the deeds offi ce against the title of the property. The effect of such a recording is that it protects the purchaser in the following ways: • According to section 9(8) of the Act, a mortgagee in whose favour a mortgage bond over the land concerned is registered subsequent to such a recording, is deemed to have consented unconditionally to the discharge of the mortgage bond or the release of the land from the mortgage bond if the purchaser should demand transfer.