Looking back on South Coast history: October 25 to 28
The rest of the week had happier news, with one or two familiar gripes.
The state of the cemetery has been an ongoing complaint for a long time.
October 25
1991
“A Port Shepstone widow is appalled by the disgusting state of the cemetery in Reynolds Street and is appealing to the Borough of Port Shepstone and to the public to keep it tidy and clean.”
1996
There’s nothing new about cable theft… “Millions of rands worth of copper cable had been stolen from Eskom on the South Coast in the past six weeks, its Margate area manager said this week.”
Or taxi violence… “Bystanders and business people near the Port Edward taxi rank ran for cover when more the 40 shots were fired between people from two taxi associations last Thursday afternoon.”
But Uvongo had something to celebrate. “The Uvongo Methodist Church members celebrated its 40th birthday last Saturday.”
October 27
1995
“Discussion of important policing issues at the Margate Community Policing Forum last Tuesday were delayed by two and a half hours because of wrangling over the election of office bearers.”
A new attraction made its debut. “Over a thousand people arrived at the Banana County Raceway for the official opening of a grand prix circuit for radio controlled model cars at Douglas Mitchell Sports Ground in Uvongo last Sunday.”
2000
“Cyril Ramaphosa impressed the audience with a sobering analysis of South Africa’s ‘economic divide’ at the launch of the Port Shepstone ANC branch at the Civic Centre last Saturday night.”
October 28
1994
“The official opening of South Coast Hospice Association’s in-patient unit, Kingfisher House, was a treasured moment for anyone associated with Hospice.”
And worshippers got a surprise on Sunday… “The Restoration Rock Ministries Sunday service at the Margate Town Hall was something of a cat(astrophe). Just before it started the pianist was quietly playing when there was a huge crash and a big grey cat came hurtling through the ceiling, landing on the piano. The debris was cleared and the service commenced. Pastor Brian Evans had just ‘let the cat out of the bag’ (so to speak) when, with a resounding crash, yet another big cat came cat(apulting) through another part of the ceiling. No member of the congregation took a catnap during this service!
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