Now about the MDGA. To put this now in a nutshell is as follows. According to what I see here is that the MDGA is legal but the constitution is ilegal. The choice is now do you scrap the constition and put a new one in place as you can not have a Association without [...]

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For years San Marina and Uitsig residents have been complaining about the dangerous intersection between Oudevlei Road and Prince George Drive.   At the November 2007 AGM, there was a general sigh of relief when Councillor Demetri Qually announced that Council was looking into this matter and was considering some traffic-calming measures. Their solution: BIGGER [...]

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I was with greatly disappointed to learn yesterday, that the Executive Committee of the Marina da Gama Association do not plan to attend the mediation session scheduled at the South African Human Rights Commission for the 19th May 2008. According to Mr. Jan de Groote, ExCom had not received official notice from the SAHRC. Apparently, [...]

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Anita Wrote: I am constantly amazed at the arrogance of the Marina Da Gama Association’s ExCom. Richard Gie thinks that he can propose and vote to have our homes painted pink, and it will just happen. That an executive committee member can actually say such a thing is outrageous. For one, it is NOT this [...]

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Jasmine wrote: One of the main problems with the one-Association-fits-all approach is that there is such a huge diversity within Marina Da Gama. What fits the one… does not necessarily fit the other. A quick search of the recent municipal valuation roll will show that property prices in the area range from around R450 000.00 [...]

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William asked us what would Nelson Mandela, Gandhi, Mother Theresa or Richard Branson do? Nelson Mandela said: Our struggle has reached a decisive moment. We call on our people to seize this moment so that the process towards democracy is rapid and uninterrupted. We have waited too long for our freedom. We can no longer [...]

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JT Said: Somebody, please correct me if I’m wrong, but it is my understanding that the scope of an association and method of recovering costs can not be summarily changed by constitutional voting requirements alone. With a voluntary association maybe, but not when the membership is a captive audience and comprises an entire suburb. The [...]

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PETER HARRISON Dear Anita, Your letter will be discussed at our Excom meeting on Monday 11th. In the meantime, I have had 2 discussions with Cherry Giljam, about the possibility of publishing it in “Marina News” Cherry was willing to have it included, but the practicalities make this impossible. It is simply too lengthy, and [...]

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OPEN LETTER TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE MARINA DA GAMA ASSOCIATION: MEETING HELD ON 2 FEBRUARY 2008 BETWEEN MYSELF AND 3 EXCOM MEMBERS Thank you for the invitation to meet with you to discuss my objections. I was pleased to see that ExCom was well represented by Bob Craske, Tony Joubert and Elaine Meyer. [...]

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I have often wondered about the creature I would like to call “The Big Fish in the Little Pond”. These are the good folks who give their time to serve on committees of, well, for the purpose of this website, home-owners’ associations. Now in my relatively vast experience of dealing with committees, bodies corporate and [...]

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  The following witness-account was received by Robbie Ernst, friend to Dianne Sherwood, who was gunned down by her neighbour, Tony Leisegang in Marina Da Gama on 13 September 2007. It is a shocking account of the events preceding Dianne’s murder and how her death could have been prevented. We would like to take this [...]

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South Africans spend about R40 billion per annum on private security companies. It has not made a difference. The Executive Committee of the Marina Da Gama Association want to force us to add another R3 million a year to this figure. It is time we look after our own safety and property. Get to know [...]

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Anita said, in December 18th, 2007 at 9:47 pm So, Demetri Qually does not like us, but he wants us to work together for the common good. WE should show goodwill, as a matter of choice. Councillor Qually, would this matter not have, at least to some extent, been settled if you had implemented the [...]

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Corlia said, in December 9th, 2007 at 9:47 pm Anyone want to rent my house? It’s on the water, and the rental will be nice and cheap. I cannot afford to sell it, with property prices being so low, so I guess that the only way is to rent it out and seek accommodation elsewhere. [...]

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William said: on 7 December 2007; I moved into the marina in March this year and found my family sitting in the Marina cross fire. This was quite bewildering and I am concerned for us all. In any conflict situation, there are two sides who are gnashing at other and over time good reason flies [...]

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THE VIPER IN OUR MIDST So, I infiltrated and took as sneak peak at the Marina Da Gama Association’s AGM last week where the farce of the so-called security scheme, continued. A while ago we were entertained to the comedy of errors by council’s legal department in the People’s Post where we were given a [...]

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ASSOCIATION MATTERS It is clear that the fight in the Marina is far from over. The Councillors felt that there had not been enough public participation when the changes to the constitution were voted in and made a resolution “that the matter be referred back to the association for further investigation with the assistance of [...]

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