Tweni Talk: Please stop supporting puppy sales on streets
He said he was selling the puppy (which he loved) for R100 and if the SPCA arrived he would ‘moer’ the puppy.
The saddest post seen last week was forwarded from social media – a little puppy was seen outside a restaurant in Third Avenue – up for sale for R100. Upon investigation, the tiniest puppy was indeed there under a tree on the blazing hot day. The car guard who was selling it could not tell me exactly where the puppies came from. There were three, but two had been sold the previous day. She said that she had water for it and it was being fed on mashed up polony – which it was used to.
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Her partner came over to see what the conversation was about and your scribe offered him R50 for the puppy – or the alternative of calling the SPCA. He said he was selling the puppy (which he loved) for R100 and if the SPCA arrived he would ‘moer’ the puppy. At that point one of the waitresses came outside to advise that a buyer was on her way, but the argument is that if you buy a puppy off the street it will not stop uncaring individuals from sourcing more puppies to sell.
Perilous pothole
Liz Foster warns everyone to be aware of the big pothole in Rethman Drive. Liz unfortunately had no alternative but to hit the pothole because of oncoming traffic and will now have to replace a tyre. Michelle Theron says her cousin lost two tyres at the beginning of December at the same pothole and nearly crashed her car. Reports of streets filled with potholes in Umtentweni are pouring in. Hopefully a new year and a new budget may bring relief for motorists.
Cool surprise
New beginnings for Kyle Allan, who flew down to Cape Town on Monday morning to study engineering at Stellenbosch University. He was delighted to bump into Tendai Mtawarira aka ‘The Beast’ at King Shaka International Airport and his mom Cindy could not resist taking a photo.
Be responsible
Avid beachgoer Jenny Ravenscroft says she and her young granddaughter Mason noticed that fishermen leave a lot of rubbish at Tweni beach, especially bait boxes and sardine heads lying strewn among rock pools. Contrary to popular belief and expectation, the next high tide does not come in wash it all away. Sardine heads could be tossed into the sea to become fish food, but the onus is on individual fishermen to take the boxes, lines and hooks away – in the same plastic packets they were brought to the beach in. Please be a responsible fisherman.
Get well soon
‘The Collectables’ are thinking of Hazel Steyn, who is not at all well and is currently up-country with her family. Kobus Niemandt is also not as well as he would like to be – he is usually a bundle of energy but is rather tired these days. The extreme heat last week did not make things easier.
Celebrations
Birthdays last week Willy Rothman turned 80 on January 18th, Mervin Curnow celebrated his on the 19th and this week’s wishes go to Margaret Douglass (21st), Stacy Olivier, Marcelle Brown, Angelique Bennie, Mohammed Desai and Michelle Raath (23rd), Janet Douglas (24th), Vera Smith (26th), Mary Harris (27th), Maria Heilbron and Dalene van Heerden on January 28th. Thank you for all the lovely birthday wishes last week.
All news to Leila.
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