Tag Archives: Kevin Grinaker

Knysna Knews: Whose behind it? (Part 1)

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Knysna Knews is most known for being an anonymously run Facebook page that bashes me, an activist who’s been trying to bring justice to a number of questionable situations involving the Democratic Alliance in Knysna. These include a tender deciding the future of our town being given to a property developer, and the illegal use of public funds being used to pay the debt of Knysna Tourism. Since my submission of allegations of maladministration and corruption to Parliament earlier this month, Knysna Knews and some of its subscribers have increased … Read the full article…

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Open Letter to the DA: Expel Leon Naude and Kevin Grinaker

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This letter is sent to the Knysna DA in the hope that you will no longer support bigots, nominally DA members Leon Naude and Kevin Grinaker. Bigotry, in this case, is prejudice based on race and ethnicity. I also send this to you, Jaco Londt, the DA’s Manager for the Eastern Region (Eden District and Klein Karoo) who is also our ‘liaison’ to Helen Zille. Jaco, i include you because the Knysna DA, in so many cases, refuses to communicate which is not only unconstitutional and a failure of their … Read the full article…

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Leon Naude, KRA, Racists, Protests & Politicians (Part 1)

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I shared the public’s outrage at Leon Naude (Chairman of the Knysna Ratepayers’ Association) after he called for live ammunition to be used on the N2 protestors from Oupad, Knysna. The Knysna Ratepayers’ Association was resurrected last year. Organisations such as it are particularly important so that we, the public, maintain oversight over our local government. It’s my hope that it rebuilds itself into a strong, valuable force. However, I don’t believe that that can happen under the current leadership. In particular, it was obvious that their leader, Leon Naude, … Read the full article…

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Let's Shoot Knysna's Protestors

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Leon Naude, the chairman of the Knysna Ratepayers’ Association (KRA), has responded to the protests on the N2 in Knysna (Nekkies/Oupad area) by calling for live ammunition to be used. His exact words were, “The police is to SOFT they should use rubber bullits or even better LIVE AMO our country is is not going to edge of the cliff WE are STADING ON THE EDGE.” The capital letters and bad spelling are his doing, not mine. He’s obviously serious that poor people who want the Knysna Municipality to listen … Read the full article…

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Kevin Grinaker Resigns from Ward 10 (Knysna Central)

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Kevin Grinaker is well-known figure in Knysna as a property developer and as a Knysna Ward 10 (Knysna Central) Committee member. For the latter, he has tendered his resignation to the Council, citing the lack of financial opportunity in Knysna as his reason. I will not miss Kevin Grinaker as he, along with Dee Hollely, broke the rules governing their responsibility to the Knysna public. I detailed this in ‘Does Political Bias Reward Knysna Ward Committee Members?’. He would not ‘entertain’ my submissions regarding property developers riddling the ISDF and … Read the full article…

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Sewage, Water, Developers & Tourism

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Feedback: Mayoral Meeting May 22 2014 Owing to the notable absence of the distribution of information from Knysna Municipality to the public, i attended the Mayoral meeting last Tuesday. Again, contrary to normal procedure, i wasn’t given the minutes of the meeting (despite requesting such) but, at some point, they were referenced on a big screen. These proceedings are mostly boring (for a long while, i was the only member of the public there and there were zero reporters in sight) but can sometimes offer insight into what is going … Read the full article…

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Facebook Alert: Do You Know This Man?

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Before this blog existed, there was little insight into the misdeeds of our local government. Highlighting their failures regularly puts me in the hot seat which makes my life, to put it politely, interesting. Today, it touches on some of you that i know. I refuse to pretend to be anyone but me. Whilst some may, for example, go to church on Sundays (but fail to be moral the other 6 days of the week), i believe in being me, warts and all. If i don’t allow you to see … Read the full article…

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Baden Hall lays criminal charges against me

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“I WILL MAKE IT MY BUSINESS to bring upon you the same wrath that you brought upon Shaun van Eck [ex-CEO of Knysna Tourism], using all the channels at my disposal, including my own e-mailing database of 1,8 million world-wide hospitality guests that I have acquire over the past 22 years as IT/Software Marketing Consultant to SAA, Sun International, Southern Suns, Conservation Corporation of Africa, to name some of my bigger profile clients.  You have been apprised. Now lets see if you have the balls to deal with this one. … Read the full article…

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