Looking back – 25yrs ago in the SUN

Mamba captured

A THREE metre male green mamba was captured in Entombeni Drive on Friday afternoon, 9 April.

The large, highly venomous reptile, was first spotted by Gavin Nisbet and Jason Lamb, who were riding down the road on their bicycles.

The boys saw the snake wrapped around the front section of a trailer in the garden of Basil Turnbull’s home. Turnbull was alerted and some curious neighbours also went along to see the snake.

Gas emissions affecting children

GAS emissions from Sappi-Saiccor is affecting children at a nearby school.

“At times the gas is so strong that pupils are forced to close classroom windows or rush outside for air.”

This is according to Harry Jairam, acting principal of the Umkomaas Drift School, who claims there are sometimes up to two gas emissions a week.

Two Umkomaas doctors, interviewed by the SUN were in favour of a scientific study to determine the affect gasses emitted by Sappi-Saiccor are having on local residents.

Fell off a ladder

A SPOORNET employee suffered back injuries after being knocked off a ladder by a train on Monday morning in Warner Beach.

The man, Mr Q Matemba (35) was working on overhead power lines opposite Warnadoone flats when a goods train approached the scene and hit the ladder. The man fell to the ground, injuring his back. He was put into a brace by Toti Fire and Rescue personnel and was taken to the Kingsway Hospital.

Double tragedy

THE murder of Blanche Kevern at Illovo Beach last week was a double tragedy for Maureen Oliver of Widenham.

Mrs Kevern (87) of Florida, had come to the coast to be with her daughter, Maureen after her fiance, Mr Louis von Boeckel, gassed himself the previous week. His memorial service was arranged for last Thursday. The day before, Wednesday, 6 April, Mrs Kevern, with her two daughters, Maureen and Ann Moreton, took a drive to Illovo to buy flowers. The trip ended in the brutal murder of Mrs Kevern.

Rabid dog caught

THE State Health Department inoculated 16 dogs in the Fynn Road/ Somerset Way area after a rabid dog was caught there over the Easter weekend. Four more Toti residents are receiving anti-rabies injections, after two separate incidents with rabid dogs. Brenda Kitching and her two children, from Old Main Road, as well as a Fynn Road resident are being treated by the Amanzimtoti Municipal Clinic. The man and Brenda are being treated after being bitten, while the two children are being treated for saliva contact.

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