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Pocket Billiard Playing Mayor’s First Public Engagement

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The charred and grotesquely bent springs of a mattress among the rubble of the France Street home in Timothy Valley, Gqeberha, Nelson Mandela Bay, was a harrowing reminder of a 62-year-old grandmother’s desperate last attempt to escape raging flames. And New Nelson Mandela Bay Executive Mayor, Gary van Niekerk ‘SPRUNG’ into action to show that he cares.

Bru – take your hands out of your pockets please.

As my Grey High School Teachers always used to ask; “What is the score?” And we would blankly say; “Huh” before they replied that we needed to stop playing POCKET BILLIARDS with our hands in our pockets as it was MOST disrespectful! Our SCORE for Mayor van Niekerk’s first public engagement – Not as GOOD as Retief, Way BETTER than Eugene, stick to the reason and don’t think that we are idiots – we all know what Ubuntu means.

And, by the way – you ARE PAID to appear and press the flesh whilst the people slaving away behind you are the TRUE HEROES!

Oh and ANOTHER By The Way, Gary – May I have my powerbank and lightning cable back now please – you have promised enough times and still no delivery!

See: https://mype.co.za/new/mayor-comforts-timothy-valley-family/ for the full article.

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Alan Straton

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Passionate about Port Elizabeth and definitely NOT packing for Perth. Alan's ethos is epitomised in the words of Nelson Mandela; "I have fought against white domination and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the idea of a democratic and free society. If need be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die." See more articles by Alan.