Dankie Abraham Kammies
I grew up at Beaufort West and often picnicked with and drove over the Swartberg Pass with my parents.
2 May 2008 was a wonderful day, when a childhood dream was realised and my wife, Esmé and I finally arrived in Prince Albert for good. Recently another wonderful thing happened, which I would like to share with the people of Prince Albert.
I quit farming in the Free State in 2000. I quite honestly had lost faith in our country and its future. On 17 June this year, I bought something at the little shop at the Prince Albert National Garage. That afternoon someone phoned to ask if I was not missing my wallet, which I was. It had some rather important items, plus quite a bit of cash in it. It was returned to me with nothing missing. And the name of the man who brought it back, Abraham Kammies.
Abraham, ek het vir jou gesê: Dankie vir jou eerlikheid. Maar ek voel dit was nie genoeg nie. Dit is hoekom ek deur die koerant jou weer wil bedank. Mense soos jy sal maak dat mense soos ek weer ons vertroue terugkry in ons land en sy mense. My pa het altyd gesê: “As jy begin lieg, dan moet jy begin onthou.” Lyk my jy het ook so ‘n pa gehad. Dankie Abraham.
Praise for Recycling Activists
Well done and thank you to Imke Maeyer and Ellen Joubert for the long awaited Recycling Depot. The difficulties and delays you experienced in getting it off the ground makes the facility all the more valued and appreciated by all who care about the environment.
In your informative article in last month’s Friend (July 2008), recycling was referred to as an OPTION – on the contrary, it is a MUST if we want to reduce the enormous amount of indestructible waste consuming this planet.
A big thank you too to the Prince Albert Municipality for their consent and co-operation in getting the facility under way.
Boere voed die nasie
Die kommersiële boer in die land het nie 'n goeie naam nie. Keer op keer word die verlede voor ons kop gegooi en dis dan ook sommer die skuld vir hoekom dinge vandag is soos wat dit is.
Almal het hul monde uit te spoel oor die landbou, maar niemand het nog geboer nie!! Dit is met groot hartseer dat die vakbonde en NGO’s nou eers besef dat ons nie die oorsaak van hoë voedselpryse is nie, en nog meer, dat ons die fondasie van hierdie land is (of jy dit nou wil weet of nie!).
Alles wat verkeerd gaan is ons skuld; en daar word maar alte maklik en lekker veralgemeen; en meeste van die tyd weet ons nie eens daarvan nie. Byvoorbeeld: 'n paar weke terug is daar weer ‘n ongeluk gewees met ‘n trok en mense agterop. Dadelik is daar aangeneem dis weer 'n boer se skuld, en so is daar na die pers gehardloop. Met deeglike ondersoek word die teendeel bewys, maar nooit is ons om verskoning gevra oor die verkeerde beriggewing nie.
In 1977 was Suid-Afrika ‘n uitvoerland. Vandag is Suid-Afrika ‘n invoerder van basiese voedsel met onbetaalbare skuld in die buiteland. Ons kry geen hulp van die regering nie, maar Ysland subsideer sy boere met 60%. Dis nou wat ek liefde noem!!! Die gemiddeld vir die ander lande teen wie ons kompeteer is 22%. Ons praat ‘n ander taal as die res, en ek praat nie van een van die elf nie.
Ons is minder as 40 000 boere wie hierdie land voed (laat jou dink oor wie eintlik hierdie land moet regeer) en almal van ons kom nie eens reg nie.
Kom sluit aan by georganiseerde landbou, dis nie nodig om te boer om deel van jou toekoms te wees nie.!
Sekretaris: Landbouvereniging
Thank you, Prince Albert
We wish to thank all the people of Prince Albert for the kind and gracious manner in which they welcomed us in our new hometown.
We continue to be overwhelmed on a daily basis by the warm hospitality and sincere interest in our well-being. We expected people here to be friendly, but we were pleasantly surprised by the generosity and sincerity we encountered.
Village life is everything we expected it to be and much more! We dread the next time we may have to spend a few days in any city (even the traffic in Oudtshoorn is fast becoming a traumatic experience…)
Thank you also to all the members of the Tourism Association for your guidance and positive feedback. Your continued support is sincerely appreciated!
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