ILLEGAL and legal bait digging and the issues raised by Leon Kilian of the Swartkops Trust in The Herald of May 4 (“Coastal management has no effect on bait digging”) are very pertinent and there are many residents as well as hundreds of regular anglers who live alongside the river front or come from town who will testify to these activities by both the so-called registered bait diggers as well as the illegal bait diggers....more

THERE is during May and June an ongoing crime blitz in the suburbs of Broadwood, Charlo, Fairview, Walmer Downs and Mangold Park. Due to the ongoing escalation of crime in these areas, I have, with the SAPS and the Charlo sector policing, spearheaded various initiatives that will take place during this time....more

IT did not take long to figure out why the Sakhasonke Village in Walmer township won an award in the 2006 National Housing Awards as presented by MEC Richard Dyantyi (“Walmer housing project scoops up national award”, The Herald, November 26, 2006). That old war horse, that veteran of black urban development, Roger Matlock, was involved in the project....more

I REALLY do not understand the selfish mindset of the two away from home Afrikaners in Australia (“President Mbeki you have driven the Afrikaners into sea”, The Herald, May 2)....more

THIS is in response to a letter by the self-acclaimed hero and football politician of the northern areas Feizal Nicholas, in The Herald of April 30 (“Some excluded from soccer tournament”)....more

IT is that time of the year again when the government awards salary increases to all State employees to combat inflation, etc. It would appear that the increase to parliamentarians will be 5,4 per cent, except the increase to the president will be higher....more

I WOULD just like to comment on the rape case that Judge Somyalo didn‘t handle very well (“Man jailed for raping daughter”, The Herald, May 8)....more

I THINK something needs to be done about the ambulance services....more

NORTHERN Lights School for pupils with disabilities is celebrating its 25th anniversary. From its humble beginnings in the building of the Blue Sisters in Neave Street, Schauderville, the school now occupies a more modern building in Cotswold....more