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Newsletter June/Nuusbrief Junie 2019
Last month our first newsletter was sent to you and we trust it was informative and added value to being a member of our association/Ons eerste nuusbrief is verlede maand uitgestuur en dit word vertrou dat jy dit insiggewend gevind het en ook waarde tot jou lidmaatskap gevoeg het.
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Western Cape Police Ombudsman Investigation - Submission Date Now 13th June 2019
We previously advised members of the abovementioned investigation and inviting them to submit input in respect of the crime situation in our area caused by the under resourcing of Kleinmond Police Station amongst others. Input was to be addressed to the Ombudsman at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Please take note that we had advised that the cut off date for submission was 16 June 2019 but it would appear that the date should be 13 June 2019 so please act accordingly.
Additionally the Ombudsman will be holding public open meetings throughout the Overstrand area and to this end the scheduled hearing will take place in our area between 11H00 and 15H00 on Monday 1 July 2019 at Crassula Hall. You are invited to attend. Should you do so please bring with you examples of specific complaints and comments which you have experienced together with supporting information.
The date and time of this meeting is provisional at this stage and any changes will be advised to members through the medium of our Web Site www.bettysbay.info
Adrian de Kock Secretary/Treasurer BBRA
Cell: 082 940 4619
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The only good shark.. is a live shark!
I walk Main Beach, Betty's Bay, everyday, proud to live alongside this designated Marine Protected Area ("MPA"—Ed). Yet, nearly every day I find another dead Puffadder Shyshark on the beach discarded by fishermen.
If you catch one guys, Put It Back Alive! Our MPA is suffering enough as it is from blatant, uncontrolled abalone poaching. Let's not be part of the problem too. Even These little sharks may be annoying to a fisherman but they are pretty cool, harmless (and necessary).
They are classified as Near Threatened, which means they are not in good shape already. When threatened they curl up like a doughnut to make themselves harder to swallow! They only live in South Africa. We should be proud of them.
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Humpies in town!
We were in a meeting on the shore of Betty's Bay today when we got a call about a lot of commotion in the water off Sunny Seas. Was it the orcas?? Jumping up we got to see and watch a great display by a big humpback whale close to shore, probably about 30 tons. He was flipper flapping (a real term), slapping the water hard with his long pectoral fins. Usually the humpies are more active at the beginning of the season as they announce their presence and become boisterous in the excitement of the build up to mating. Once you see the large pectoral fin of a humpback whale it cannot be confused with any other. It gets to about 15 feet long!! Even their Latin name Megaptera novaeangliae means 'long-winged New Englander'.
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Lack of Resources Hampering Police Stations
Response to the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 13 June 2019. [Ed — date recently changed from the 16th to the 13th]
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