Thank goodness for Umtentweni Conservancy’s ‘load shedding litter pickup’ last week. A few members comprising Liz Willey, Cheryl Aveyard, Mike King, Brucella Ridley and Colleen Hamilton decided to use the two-hour load shedding between 12 and 2pm last Friday (13th) to pick up litter at the Abingdon Road traffic light intersection. This area had recently been cleared of bush and exposed lots of litter. The group collected 28 bags in the space of two hours.

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Umtentweni beach’s ablution block was kept locked for three days due to the fact that there was no water and the weekend brought a different set of problems with some adults urinating in public. Really, there is no forethought on the part of the municipality to provide water tanks at public spaces or install a tank on the roof of the building to keep the doors open.

We are all so health-conscious at present and being repeatedly told that we need to wash our hands, people in power need to look at the bigger picture on the coast. Thank you to the dedicated few people who worked tirelessly to get water to the elderly people at frail-care centres in Umzumbe and Hibberdene last weekend.

There are many, many rumours and fake news doing the rounds on social media currently. One rumour has it that people will try and gain entry to your property and into your home, pretending to be sent by the government or a medical institution to test for the Covid-19 virus.

Please readers – let’s practice good old-fashioned common sense. You would not normally allow strangers onto your property or into your homes, so why do it now?

If you are approached and unsure, contact SAPS or your security company.

Welcome to renowned artist Toni Bico, in town from Johannesburg to visit friends for a short while – thanks for bringing the rain.

Birthdays this week are Albert Swartz (14th), Raine Anderson and Marke Meyer (16th) and Ingrid Nicholson on March 19th.

All news to Leila.

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