DEAR Editor,-
I refer to the article ‘Trump-gate must go’ (SCH March 31) and agree that the erected boom should have been approved prior to installation. There should have been a consultation process, followed by approval from relevant authorities.
However, I feel the report in general was one-sided and again reference to colour becomes a selling point.
It may be of interest to note that on regular occasions the beach in Trafalgar is inundated by bus or taxi loads of people who proceed to make fires in the parking lot and camp at the beach.
They urinate, defecate and fornicate in public, not to mention the noise issues. Law enforcement is limited in its abilities to attend to complaints as they are often outnumbered in excess of 50 to one.
Regardless of colour, if laws are violated then action has to be forthcoming from the authorities.
The report mentions that many locals are not in favour of the boom.
Possibly a residents/ratepayers’ meeting with relevant authorities should be arranged where all points of view can be heard and the matter voted on.
Cllr Richard Nyembezi is very vocal in the article and I would like to hear his solution to the above-mentioned issues, as well as why he is silent on crime levels in Trafalgar and the lack of service delivery.
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I would have liked to see the same level of outrage from him on these life-threatening issues.
Homeowners in Trafalgar are also ratepayers and they are responsible for providing funding for councillors’ salaries, as well as lifeguards and council staff.
I am aware that Trafalgar is possibly not an ANC stronghold, but political affiliation should not be the reason for lack of service delivery when it is being paid for.
In January, a visitor from Australia went to the beach and approached the lifesavers to establish the tides and currents and rip tides in the area – only to find all the staff asleep. Not a good advert for a Blue Flag beach.
The councillor, Protection Services, Trafalgar Crime Watch and the ratepayers’ association need to work together to find a solution to these challenges – or we will lose the privilege of a Blue Flag Beach status, which will be one more ‘nail in the coffin’ of property prices and Trafalgar’s marketability.
The article was not considered positive in any way and was geared to create sensation, when all that is required is consultation, guidance and agreement on the way forward.
CECIL LEWIS
Trafalgar
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