Beach party boycott
A BEACH party organised by Toti Lifesaving Club on 21 December, ended in disaster when people refused to pay a R6 entrance fee.
According to Ron Mathiesen, chairman of Toti Lifesaving, the club went to a lot of trouble and expense to organise the party. This included hiring a marquee and bearing the costs, arranging for a temporary liquor licence also at the expense of the club and ensuring a strong police presence at the party.
Shots fired at KPS men
TWO Kingsburgh Protection Services officers were fired at and had rocks thrown at their vehicle when they went to investigate a fire just after midnight on New Year’s eve.
The men, with a dog, were patrolling the N2 freeway. As they left the main road at the Mfume turnoff, Umgababa, to turn back to Kingsburgh, they noticed a fire on the road just inland. They thought a car was on fire. “When my men arrived they found tyres across the road which were in flames,” said KPS chief, Terry Lang. As they stopped they were fired upon and rocks were hurled at the vehicle.
Robbery at gun-point
AN ARMED robbery took place at the United Bank Agency in Athlone Park on Saturday, 24 December.
At 8.37am three men, each brandishing pistols, held the staff at gun point. Eric Morkot, the agency principal, had his personal possessions as well as his car stolen when the robbers demanded the keys to the car and used it as a getaway vehicle. The stolen vehicle was later found by detectives in Prospecton.
Beach face lift
THE ablution facilities and a secure parking area on the Umkomaas beach have almost been completed.
The greater portion of the retaining wall on the south beach will also be completed soon and the remaining section will be completed later this month. Steady progress has been made with regard to the concept of Umkomaas as the Gateway to the Aliwal Shoal, while maintaining its treasured village atmosphere.
Top Salvation Army man for Toti
THE newly-appointed public relations officer of the Salvation Army’s Sunset Lodge in Doonside, Commissioner Roy Olckers, plans to make the complex one of the best nursing homes for the frail aged the area has to offer.
“The Lodge will cater for 69 people,” explains Roy, “and will provide a much-needed service for which there is a desperate need.
“There is, however, currently a deficit of R300 000. A government loan has taken care of all the bricks and mortar but it is for all the movable equipment inside the flats that money is needed now.”
