When will the Marina Da Gama Association ever learn that they too have to follow the rules?  We all know that, if we want to put up posters advertising an event, we have to do so with the permission of the City of Cape Town.  The Marina Da Gama Association however feel that they have […]

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I have been contacted by several people who have received a letter of demand from ex-ExCom member, Mr. Alan Hepple’s firm, Magnum Credit Consultants, demanding payment of arrear subscriptions supposedly due to the Marina da Gama Association. I don’t know how many of you actually received such a letter, but ExCom admitted that more […]

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Mugabe gets “elected” by default because no-one is prepared to stand against him.
No rules or law applies to him.
His opponents get crushed through character assassination (or worse).
He allows his lieutenants and followers to grab land which does not belong to them.
Sound familiar?
Marina Da Gama now has it’s own little land-grabs too. Public open […]

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JT Wrote
I attended today’s mediation session and wish to thank everybody who attended - especially the SAHRC representatives who afforded us this opportunity when there are so very many other pressing issues at this time.
A bouquet, too, to the MDGA representatives, Peter Harrison, Peter Joubert and Bob Craske for making the effort - and […]

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It’s official!! On 25 June 2008 residents of Marina da Gama will face the Executive Committee of the Marina da Gama Association around the table at the South African Human Rights Commission, despite ExCom trying their level best to get out from under the meeting. At first, the letter got “lost in the […]

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Q:  What’s bold and sticks out like a sore finger?
A:  An brightly coloured house in Marina da Gama!!
And to think that the guilty party is actually family of an Executive Committee member!!  As far as I remember, this particular Committee Member bleated something about “following due procedure” and “proposing a change to the colour scheme […]

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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. […]

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According to the Human Rights Commission, the Legal Department of “the Commission has considered the complaints of the residents of Marina da Gama and are concerned that prima facie it may constitute a violation of the rights to Freedom of religion, belief and opinion and just administrative action” in terms of Sections 15 and 33 […]

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I have not been in town and have only now had a chance to look at the website again. 
Well done to Anita and co. for managing to get the Human Rights Commission on board.  Mediation is necessary.
I have read the Executive Committee’s response to Anita’s letter and it is a load of bs.  Council’s […]

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Early this morning I received a phone-call from an exited resident telling me that she received a letter from the South African Human Rights Commission inviting her to a meeting to mediate the matter between the Association and the complainants (objectors). Lo and behold, later this afternoon, I also received such a letter.
It has taken […]

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