Tragedy and triumph this week

It’s official; Umtshezi recorded no incidents of violence or intimidation during the national elections held last week.
This will come as a collective sigh of relief or many, as Umtshezi is infamous for flare-ups of political violence, many of which have been fatal.
The IEC’s Municipal Electoral Officer has declared the elections free and fair, read his full statement in this week’s paper.
With a sombre change of subject, this week we saw the tragic deaths of five school children in Rietvlei near Mooi River. 29 children were on their way to school when the bakkie plunged into a farm dam.
This tragedy has shone the light on scholar transport safety, which hopefully won’t be momentary.
On a lighter note editor and television presenter Tanya Visser was at Blue Haze on Saturday and her gardening talk was educational and hilarious. Check our website to see the gallery of photos!