Skipper was granted permission to leave port ahead of surfersâ protest
By Thobeka Ngema
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Durban - THE skipper of the boat that transported eight surfers to the surf for a protest said she had asked and was given permission to leave the harbour.
This comes after metro police spokesperson Senior Superintendent Parboo Sewpersad was quoted as saying âit was found that the skipper did not get the port officerâs permission before leavingâ.
Springbok surfers Beyrick de Vries, former captain of the team, and Ntando Msibi as well as lawyer Graham Taylor, were among a group of eight local surfers who had hired a charter boat to launch at Wilsonâs Wharf and drop them off the coast beyond the shark nets, from where they swam in to surf at New Pier, close to the shore.