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And all you anti-Trump liberals EDITION AT out there need to get over it, says Rian Malan www.noseweek.co.za 25 No green light for Pondo road-building or % 021 686 0570 But that’s not stopping the contractors from going ahead with construction NOSEWEEK March 2018 3 Letters A snitch in time The blatant fraud committed by sent to jail for many years. A FEW YEARS AGO YOU EXPOSED A the cell phone providers must now The sooner we can get all of this developer, Craig Rennie (nose98). finally end. behind us, the better. I was working at Scottburgh High Wilson Jeff Lawrence School on KwaZulu-Natal’s South Brakpan Wakkerstroom Coast when he rolled into our sleepy See page 13. – Ed. little town with money to burn – or, n FOLLOWING CORRESPONDENCE IN as it goes, he bought his way through YOUR publication about mysterious Knysna fire and fury town. charges deducted from data balances ONLY NOSEWEEK TELLS IT AS IT REALLY Then he was elected chairman of held by Vodacom on behalf of their IS; it should be compulsory reading the school governing body. The head- clients, I discovered that I had been for any intelligent person in this master was fighting cancer and this similarly affected. country. Knysna’s so-called fire chief was Rennie’s opportunity to take All that has been confirmed by the is one-hundred-percent liable. charge. service provider is that a charge was Pierre Giraud His big thing was going to be to made over a period and recovered Knysna cancel all contracts, even service- from my data balances. A refund in delivery contracts, and take them a round amount of R600 was offered n INNOCENT LIVES WERE LOST AND over and run them himself. At the and paid to me. damage costing billions was caused time I was on a contract. They refuse to tell when these due to a fire that could have been With all this drama going on at the deductions started, by whom they prevented if the DA had focused school I even had to consult a lawyer. were authorised and how much they on governing rather than on But then in the middle of all of this were for each month. staying in court to fight Zuma. my son phoned and told me to go and Moreover, Vodacom, who render Darryll Sauer get a Noseweek – immediately. a monthly statement and obviously Pacaltsdorp I charged off to CNA and sat in keep score of usage, again tell me The DA should be doing both: in the car reading your exposé on this they cannot/will not help, so I will municipalities and provinces where man. I then ran back into CNA and never get to know if I have been done they govern, their focus must be on bought every single copy and distrib- down or not. effective government. Where they uted them to school staff. Big business has become so arro- have not been effective, maybe we as Shock was not the word; Rennie gant in recent times, they obviously voters must take some of the blame, was promptly called in and forced to assume they can get away with it. not having been actively enough resign. He basically left the school Since pointing out to Vodacom involved to ensure that stronger bankrupt and had also squandered Customer Care that they are candidates were nominated for elec- a R250,000 investment. He left town defending the indefensible, they now tion. Where the DA is in opposition and moved further down the coast. refuse to reply to my continuing on the national level, some of the In 2018 I started my 25th year at complaints. court cases they and other opposi- Scottburgh High School, all thanks Andrew Tainton tion parties have launched have been to Noseweek. Port Elizabeth extremely effective in curtailing the Leonie Stroebel criminal activities of a lawless ANC Scottburgh, KZN Now that they’re sorting out the government. – Ed. Guptas, maybe it’s time we got the Vodacom's fraudulent billing Hawks to sort out Vodacom as well? n THE KNYSNA MUNICIPALITY IS I FINALLY MANAGED TO OPEN A FRAUD Could easily involve another billion- blatantly refusing to take respon- case against Vodacom on 22 January: or-three. – Ed. sibility for their part in this. A lot (case number: Brakpan 326/1/2018). could have been avoided if not for Sergeant Dubazana is the investi- Counting on Cyril their negligence. gating officer. He will be escalating SUCH EXCITEMENT AND HOPE HAS BEEN Gabrielle Serfontein the case to the serious commercial generated by Cyril Ramaphosa’s Eastern Cape crimes division of the SAP. election as president of the ANC and, Noseweek posthaste This was after the latest fraudu- hopefully, South Africa. Like many, I NOTICE THAT MY LAST TWO NOSEWEEK lent amount added to my billing, as I'm sure, my wish for 2018 is that issues have had a note on them “Vodafone Live” online service, to the scourge of corruption that has depicting Monitored Mail. My which I never subscribed willingly throttled all levels of government February edition was in my mailbox and knowingly. and the private sector may now be on 3 February, so it seems like things I have had several persons contact reined in. are back on track at SAPO! Holding me who wish to do the same. Also My other wish is that the courts thumbs. see the numerous Google and Hello enforce the recovery of the ill-gotten John Binns Peter reports of similar incidents. gains and that the perpetrators be Cape Town 4 Letters Modern Galileo or science crank? AND WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT TIM by Noakes, is how he has been defamed As for the controversy surrounding Noakes is not after all the hype and and poorly treated by the medical cholesterol and statins: the jury is attention he is getting, particularly establishment. I have attended many still out on whether cholesterol on its since his sermons on running became a of his talks, and I am taken aback how own is a health issue and, similarly, little dated? Just saying. poorly he treats and defames opposing on whether statins have any value Ivor F Funnell voices that do not agree with him. For whatsoever. Durban example, he constantly states that dieti- It has always been open to his critics n IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT DR DAVID cians know nothing about nutrition. to invite Prof Noakes to a debate in an Klatzow has presented Noseweek 6. Although many have benefited academic environment. Tell the world readers with an unbalanced point of by losing weight on the LCHF diet, you disagree with him. But to have view about the Noakes case (nose220). many have not. My wife and neighbour hauled him before a tribunal of the My comments are not related to gained weight in spite of adhering HSPCA is a disgrace to all concerned. whether the LCHF diet works, but strictly to the diet. Raising this at a That is the gravamen of my argument. the fact that those raising voices that paid-for Noakes event, his response was Dr David Klatzow oppose Professor Tim Noakes are not that she should count calories. When appreciated for the valid points they women did not lose weight adequately, Shame on the medical world make. yoghurt and dairy were arbitrarily DAMN DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT BY THE 1. Noakes has claimed that the LCHF removed from the green list. Goalposts egotistic powers-that-be, driven by their diet will prevent or reverse diabetes. As are moved without scientific rationale. sponsors’ overseas trips, weekends a doctor, I know of those who benefited 7. Thousands of researchers and health away, speaking engagements and other from the diet, and similarly, those who professionals are involved in nutrition childish perks. crashed because of the diet. Similarly, research. Are we to believe there are no I have years of experience in the for those with high cholesterol, etc. credible, independently minded experts pharma rep world: MOST medical A core argument made by Noakes who, based on their research and deep practitioners prescribe drugs that was that the LCHF diet will prevent knowledge of the subject simply do not are prescribed to them by attractive or reverse diabetes.