ZBRRA

 

Another AGM has come and gone. A cosy venu at the Darnall club saw about 65 members vote in the the past executive on 18^th December 2008. James Gilleran chose to commit himself to working for the new Neighbourhood Watch and several other committee asked to be released from their duties due to work constraints. They had seen us through a busy 2008 year and we felt confident in being able to handle the work load with fewer people.

It will be a demanding year in monitoring accountability from our two local municipalities – iLembe, with all its reticulation problems  and KDM which seems to fall down badly in service delivery.. Several municipalities have declared disputes with their local authorities due to non-delivery. We hope this will not be necessary.

Various aspects such as the Zinkwazi Conservancy, under chairman Klaus Achtzehn, will need our attention in the new year. The rehabilitation of Zinkwazi – the removal of alien vegetation and the planting of indigenous trees are exciting projects. We also plan to arrange tours and visits to nearby places of ecological interest. 

Here are the folk who care for your village. Please support them and make yourself known when in the village. Our website www.zbrra.org will keep you updated on our activities

   
  

Neil Wallace - Chairman

We have owned our property in Zinkwazi for 7 years

Live in Kloof Durban but spend 50% of time at Zinkwazi

We have a family property at Natures Valley on the Garden route

Married to Wendy for 37 years , 3 daughters and two Grandsons!

Career with International Corporations in the Medical equipment and devices industry for 36 years in SA and Internationally (Zeiss, Johnson & Johnson, Smith & Nephew. )

Retired Dec.2004 from Smith & Nephew Plc as Regional Managing Director for Africa and Asia markets.

I have been fortunate to travel very extensively in my lifetime so the travel bug in retirement is not strong !

Current activities:

 Trustee and Chairman of the Marketing and fundraising committee for Wildlands Conservation Trust.

Chairman of Board of Trustees of the Smith & Nephew Pension and provident funds.

Granddad, Handyman, Gardener (indigenous as much as possible). Occasional fisherman, Beachcomber with Wendy,

 Nature Conservation, coastal and bush environment, Birds (feathered)

International Finance and Investment.

I retired to live in Zinkwazi since 2004, after having owned property for many years. Through marriage I am a member of one of the original Zinkwazi families.

Matriculated 1957, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet. I worked for the Standard Bank for two years then became youth pastor in the Methodist Church in Kroonstad. Subsequently took a BA Hons and UED at the University of Natal in Pietermaritzburg. Taught at Kearsney College for four years and then at Hilton College for twelve years. Recruited to the University of the Witwatersrand, where I began in the field of academic personnel management, ending up as Head of Personnel. I then moved to the job of Co-ordinator and Adviser in the Office of the Vice-Chancellor. In the 90s I was engaged particularly in change management but with a variety of specific projects. While still working at Wits I was ordained as a self-supporting minister in the Anglican Church (1997). When I retired from Wits in 2000 I became Rector of Bez Valley Parish, on the fringes of the mid-city. I retired again 2004, when we moved to Zinkwazi Beach, KZN.

In January 1983 I married Marion Brain (daughter of the late A B Theunissen and widow of a very close friend). Marion is a graduate of Rhodes, UNISA and Wits, a personnel professional, one of the first women ordained in the Anglican Church; thereafter Chaplain to St Mary’s Diocesan School, Waverley.

Active in the local church, bird-watching, reading and reviewing books, ZBRRA and bowls.

                         

I have owned a home in Zinkwazi for 10 years.

I retired as a General Manager of Nedbank’s Commercial Division in 2001 after 28 years with them.

In 2003 I was the President of Benoni Van Ryn Rotary Club.

I have a B Com degree from the University of Stellenbosch.

I have been married to Brenda for 38 years.

I am a practicing Christian, and worship at the Darnall Anglican Church.

Having been a Rotarian, I always try and apply the Rotary Fourway Test to the things I think, say or do:

1)       Is it the Truth?

2)       Is it Fair to all concerned?

3)       Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships?

4)       Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?

KLAUS ACHTZEHN – our Conservancy Chairman

Managing Director of Zinkwazi Lagoon Lodge for more than 20 years.

Lectured at Wits University in German literature and language at the School of Languages as well as Economics at the School of Translators.

Director of Caraville Group, Member of Fedhasa and involved in the tourism industry.

Chairman and founder of Zulu Roots Eco Route – an initiative to develop the ecological- cultural- and adventure tourism potential of the upper North Coast.

Committee member and founding member of Zinkwazi Ratepayers and Residents Association.

Past committee member of:

Zinkwazi Boating Club.

Zinkwazi Conservancy.

The first Zinkwazi Neighbourhood Watch.

Zinkwazi Security Committee founding member.

Zinkwazi Policing Forum founding member.

Nkwazi Transitional Local Council.

Board Member Ilembe Growth Coalition, the private sector partner of Enterprise Ilembe and Ilembe District Municipality.

Board member and Zinkwazi representative of KwaDukuza-Dolphin Coast Publicity Association.

I enjoy birding, conservation and natural history and believe in trying to preserve the quality of life in Zinkwazi.

Owned property in Zinkwazi for 7 and a half years and have lived here for 5 and a half years.

President of the Darnall Bowling Club and member of the main committee of the Darnall Country Club.

Educated in Johannesburg - King Edward VII (KES) and Wits.

Spent 17 years in Transvaal Scottish Regiment retired with rank of major.

Retired from international pulp paper and timber company after 23 years

We moved to Zinkwazi in December 1999, to look for a place to start Sugar Bay.

In 2000 I worked as a consultant to ratify the design of a pump station and pipeline outside Umhlanga.

Zoe and I met at UCT (water skiing club, where I was vice chairman). We got married on the beach in Zinkwazi in April 1999. Zoe and I have a daughter, Tao(4).

I am a founding member of Zinkwazi Ratepayers and Residents Association and over the years have been very active in the Zinkwazi Conservancy as well as Neighbourhood Watch affairs.

I have lived in the area all my working life and retired to Zinkwazi in 2005.

I joined the committee of the Zinkwazi Ratepayers and Residents Association almost two years ago.

Born and bred in Durban. Matriculated at Convent High School, Durban and trained to be a teacher at Natal Training College, Pietermaritzburg. First teaching post was Darnall Primary School.

Married Harvey in 1963 and have 4 children. Was instrumental in establishing the Stanger Pre Primary School in 1978. Started off as a teacher and was then appointed Principal in July 1979. Studied for my Higher Diploma in Pre Primary Education through Unisa. Taught there until the end of 2005, when I retired.

One son lives in Joburg, the other in U.S.A, a daughter in Umdloti and one in Australia.

Am part of the fellowship of the Anglican Parish of All Saint’s, worship at St. Alban"s Church Darnall, attend Womens Institute, Stanger Garden Club, am a member of a Christian Book Club. Enjoy reading, sewing, gardening.