Noisy aircraft to be re-routed
THE flight paths of four noisy freight planes are being altered after Louis Botha Airport officials received complaints, mainly from Toti residents.
The control tower has received phone calls about disturbing noises since the freight company stepped up the number of flights about six weeks ago.
According to chief air traffic controller, Mike Bridle, the planes leave the airport for Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth at about 9pm and return at around 4am.
The Piaggio aeroplanes, which were used by the Air Force and now belong to the express freight company, are slow climbers and are noisy, he said.
Measures taken to ease sewage problem
CONTROLS have been set up to ensure that a sewage pump station in Doon Heights does not continue to pose a health hazard to the area.
Last week the SUN reported that a sewage pump station in Bracken Place was being emptied with buckets, causing what a health department spokesman described as a ‘major health hazard’.
Toti town clerk, Dave Ongley, said, “Controls have been put in place to ensure that there is no recurrence of this incident.”
Nurses forced to join strike
NURSING staff at GJ Crookes Hospital in Scottburgh were intimidated into joining a strike initiated by the hospital’s general assistants on Tuesday last week.
While some nurses willingly abandoned their duties, others were threatened by knob-kerrie wielding assistants, observers have claimed.
At about 8am a group of general assistants gathered near the administration block and announced they were on strike.
A while later, about four or five assistants were seen running into the wards, armed with knob-kerries, and shouting “amandla!”
Pool water declared safe
THE Inyoni Rocks tidal pool water is quite acceptable for swimming purposes, Toti town clerk, Dave Ongley, announced this week.
Results from tests done on water samples taken from the pool are normal, he said. Tests were carried out after Graham du Toit alleged the water was a health hazard and in the presence of an attorney, took a sample of water from the pool.
Beach slaughter
TWO men were charged for contraventions under the Seashore Act and in terms of health regulations at Doonside Beach on Tuesday last week.
The charges follow an incident where the men, who had travelled from the Transvaal, allegedly slaughtered a buck at the ablution blocks at the end of Topham Road. Kingsburgh Protection Services went to the area following a phone call from a resident.
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