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Januarie/January 2010
Gemeenskap se Warm Hart
Richard Reinders het onlangs sy 30ste verjaars-
dag met familie en vriende gevier
(Photo: Sam Reinders)
- Miems Theron -
In Junie 2009 beland Richard, Pete en
Megan Reinders se seun, met sy
motorfiets in 'n ongeluk wat horn amper
vir dood agterlaat. Sy gebreekte nek, af
arm en verminkte gesig kos horn 28 dae
in intensiewe sorg en nege operasies.
Hy beleef vele terugslae op die pad na
herstel.
In Prince Albert is almal geskok oor die
tragedie wat die dorp se gewilde dokter-
spaar getref het en daar word gewoeker
om geldelik by te dra tot die enorme
mediese kostes van die seun wat nie 'n
mediese fonds het nie.
Die Thursday Group het met kenmer-
kende wil en ywer fondse bygedra; Die
Prince Albert Gallery hou 'n veiling in
Augustus en samel R 12,000 in, in een
aand. Die mense van die Lazy Lizard hou
'n Kersete in September en voer met die
Patchwork Teater 'n stuk op - hulle kan
R7,000 skenk. Die Prince Albert Land-
bougenootskap is volgende en neem die
inisiatief vir 'n ete en 'n veiling op
27 November. Sarnie Luttig Jnr. en sy
ma, Johanna, is die inspirasie en dryf-
krag. Sammy Delport gooi ook sy gewig
in en help met die reelings.
Operasie Reinders funksioneer soos 'n
seekat met baie tentakels. Jeanette
Marais kollekteer items vir die veiling,
Jan-Chris Marais skape vir die braaivleis.
Die hotel se bydrae is hul unieke en lek-
ker brode. Baie vrywilligers help bak.
Diana Koorts soek almal se beste slaaie
en kry 'n verskeidenheid. African Relish
maak 'n heerlike kerrie en groente. Madri
Luttig en Liezl de Klerk staan reg vir 'n
indrukwekkende poedingtafel.
Die reaksie is verstommend. Almal is net
bereid om te gee, want hul gemeenskaps-
dokter het sy kant gebring vandat hy in
Prince Albert kom "aftree" het. 'n Won-
derlike plaaslike orkes, Slamjam, gaan
musiek maak! Bodo en sy Kieliebeentjies
en Therene Fourie gaan ook help ver-
maak... Die hele gemeenskap koop kaart-
jies teen R100 per persoon.
Mark Steyn hanteer die veiling. Hy doen
dit uitstekend, want elkeen van die duis-
ternis artikels kry 'n baas. Die musiek-
makers tree op die stoep op en die wat
wil skoffel, skuif uit soontoe.
Almal eet heerlik, koop heerlik en is
tevrede met die eindresultaat. Die Land-
bougenootskap van Prince Albert is trots
om 'n ongelooflike R70,000 te kan bydra
tot Richard se onkostes.
Die genootskap wil die Bolanders en elke
individu in Prince Albert wat gehelp het
om van hierdie funksie so 'n verstom-
mende sukses te maak, opreg bedank.
Dit was 'n wonderlike poging wat die
dorp sienderoe verenig het. Wit en bruin,
ryk en arm - almal het bymekaargekom
om een van ons dorp se inwoners te
onderskraag in 'n tyd van dilemma en
droefheid.
Omgee is nog glad nie uit die mode nie.
Prince Albert het dit bewys.
Inside
Tourism Overview
96 Studentekonstabels kry hul
balkies in Prince Albert
An lonan Sojourn
'n Wit Kersfees in London
Advice Office
Wins Top Award
- Carol Campbell -
Prince Albert's Advice Office
(PAAK) was named the most effec-
tive Local Development Agency in the
Western, Eastern and Northern Cape at
the Social Change Assistance Trust's
(SCAT) 25 th Anniversary celebration in
Cape Town in November.
SCAT is a Cape Town-based funding
organisation that channels money, mostly
from overseas donors, to grassroots
projects.
Margy Jaftha, the human resource direc-
tor of the PA Advice Office's newly
formed Section 21 company, accepted a
cheque of R20 000 for the people of the
town. "It was just hard work and pas-
sion, that got us here," said the elated
Jaftha.
Jaftha is right. Committed leadership and
dedicated workers have turned the small
Advice Office, formed in 1991 with two
volunteers, into a thriving business that
has created work for 83 people.
At the awards ceremony a spokesman for
SCAT said the PA Advice office was an
example the rest of the country could
emulate. "These people (the PA Advice
Office team) do not have more resources
than anyone else, they are no different
yet through good management and a
committed team they are achieving re-
markable results."
(Continued on p 14)
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January 2010
Water, Water, Everywhere ...
I ver the festive season and through-
out January, the quality of Prince
Albert's drinking water was discussed
wherever you went, that is apart from the
shock you had upon receiving your Mu-
nicipal account! And this at a time when
the Municipality is striving to meet the
Department of Water Affairs' stringent
requirements for the management of both
its drinking water and wastewater.
At the time of going to print, Prince
Albert's water woes continued. On the
night of 21 January, large parts of Prince
Albert were without water apparently
because a reservoir had pumped dry.
At the same time, the Municipality
distributed circulars asking residents to
use household water sparingly and
sensibly because of concern over the
consumption of water during the hot
months.
In the next issue, the Friend will report
on the water situation in the town.
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As we undertook in the November/
December edition, the Friend has striven
this month to give balanced and fair
coverage of the different perspectives on
what is happening at Hoerskool Zwart-
berg - please see pages 1 1 and 17.
A Christian Perspective
Linda Jaquet
In his New Year Message, the
Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan
Williams, pointed out some home
truths that we would all do well to
think about. Here is a summary of what
he said.
"In the global society we now inhabit,
risk and suffering are everybody's
problem, the needs of our neighbours
are the needs of the whole human fam-
ily. The truth is that there are fewer and
fewer problems in our world that are
just local. Suffering and risk spread
across boundaries, even that biggest of
all boundaries between the rich and the
poor. Crises don't stop at national fron-
tiers. It's one thing that terrorism and
environmental challenge and epidemic
disease have taught us."
"We share the risks but when we share
the hopes we really see what bonds us
as human beings. We discover our own
humanity as we honour the human
dignity of others."
The Archbishop asked that we not be
put off by the enormity of the problems
around us. "Above all, it's about not
losing our hope for change and our
love and respect for the dignity of
everyone. Let's respond just as we do
when our immediate family is in need
or trouble. We may be amazed by the
difference we can make."
"God help each one of us make a
difference and God bless you all and
those you love in this coming year."
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The Avoova Gallery
Ostrich Eggshell Designs
Handcrafted in aluminium, sterling silver and
ostrich eggshell.
Prince Albert is the hometown of Avoova. These products are highly sought
after the world over by interior designers and discerning collectors.
The Avoova Gallery
The Seven Arches
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Prince Albert
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LETTERS / BRIEWE
Die Prince Albert Vriend behou die reg voor om briewe to redigeer en te verkort.
Briewe moet vergesel wees van die skrywer se naam, adres en telefoonnommer
nie vir bekendstelling nie.) The Prince Albert Friend reserves the right to edit and shorten letters.
Letters must provide the writer's name, address and telephone number (not for publication).
Our Snake Charmer
Early in January I came across a beau-
tiful Cape Cobra that had already
found the stoep too hot and had come into
the house in hope of finding it cooler in-
side. I shouted and jumped up and down
with no real direction to my fright which is
exactly the wrong thing to do. Anton kept
his head, followed the shocked snake out-
side and called out that I should phone
Athol. He answered on the second ring and
took less than 30 seconds to get to our
house. In the meantime, the cobra was
nowhere to be seen.
We felt a little uncomfortable in our house
after this encounter and Athol seemed to
think that the cobra may have been in the
area for some time. As a result of this
heightened awareness of all creatures mov-
ing at low level, we saw the same snake
the very next morning on the stoep in a
spot where we might not have seen it had
we not been so alert. This time I stayed
calm and phoned Athol, who went about
his business and in less than five minutes
he had extracted a beautiful young adult
cobra from its hiding place. Were we
relieved!
Many things impressed me. The respect
and gentleness with which Athol handled
our visitor was wonderful to see. He an-
swered all our questions and did his best to
make us feel less apprehensive. I also give
Athol full marks for reaction time - I have
no idea how he got to us so quickly!
If I could write in verse, I would write an
Ode to Athol to thank him for the amazing
service he does the snakes and people of
our town. He accepts no payment and there
is every reason to phone him when a trou-
blesome snake is around. I have now
memorised Athol' s number and it is also
written in large print on the fridge. I urge
everyone to put his number where it is easy
to find and to make use of it.
Ellen Joubert
Thank You
Thank you from the bottom of my
heart to each one who came along-
side and supported me when Mike so
unexpectedly collapsed on his way back
from a favourite run into the Karoo veld
on Waterkop on 1 December. Thank
you for waiting with me and so tenderly
helping me step by step into my first
night without my husband of almost 35
years. I imagined we had many more
years together.
Your support, love and care did not end
there. Our sons have been blown away
by what we have all experienced in this
town.
Thank you one and all from Mavis,
David and Sarah, Stephen, Jonathan and
Rebecca, Simon and Timothy.
Do Local Children
Pester Tourists?
Along with friends, my husband and I
made one of our frequent visits to
Prince Albert in December. We had a
wonderful time, staying at the Saxe-
Coburg Lodge with Regina and Dick
Billiet.
Being creatures of habit, as usual we
wandered around the village, stopping
for lunch at the Lazy Lizard, returning
mid afternoon to Saxe-Coburg for a dip
in the pool and a relax, before enjoying
dinner at the Gallery Cafe with Brent.
However, we were very dismayed to be
pestered on a number of occasions by
children begging in the street, something
we have not encountered before in Prince
Albert. In the main, the children asked
once or twice for money, after firmly but
politely being told "no" they then walked
away. On one occasion, an older boy
around 14 years of age became very per-
sistent, following us for some distance
asking for money and making a nuisance
of himself. Although we didn't feel
threatened by the boy, it certainly left us
feeling uncomfortable.
I spoke to a number of local residents,
who assured me there are no "street chil-
dren" in Prince Albert. Perhaps just a few
local youths preying on unsuspecting
visitors? What ever the reason for this
recent activity, it does not fit well with
the Prince Albert image and needs urgent
attention.
Prince Albert is a glorious, friendly little
Karoo town, where we love to relax and
re-charge our batteries, certainly not a
place where we expect to be pestered by
children begging in the streets.
Mary Page
(Continued on p 5)
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(Letters. . . Continued from p 4)
Give Tortoises a Chance
The journey into Prince Albert is a
constant joy to me. It is a gift I have
been given - 1 have the wonderful oppor-
tunity of seeing the beauty around me,
the changing colours of the veld, the va-
riety of bird life, and the occasional
kudu; where else in South Africa do you
get this opportunity on the way to work?
Alas, this season (November through
January) has been the most harrowing
experience for me. I have had the misfor-
tune of having to stop and remove 10
tortoises ranging from hatchlings to old
madalas that had been badly damaged by
vehicles. How I wished I could just close
my eyes, look the other way and travel
past them, but I could not leave them on
the tar in the baking sun with the crows
waiting to feed off them. I took them
broken and bleeding with their shells
crushed and backs exposed to Vrisch
Gewaagt placing them in the shade of the
willow tree with the sound of water hop-
ing that this might bring some comfort to
them as I feel sure their death is slow and
excruciatingly painful.
• If you see a large rock in the road do
you ride over it - NO you avoid it;
• If you see a dog lying in the road do
you ride over it - NO you avoid it;
• If you see a vehicle stopped in the road
do you plough into it - NO you avoid it;
• If you see a stray sheep in the road do
you hit it - NO you avoid it.
Why is it when you see a tortoise in the
road do you RIDE over it and not avoid it?
What is an extra 10 minutes in your life;
you might just get a kick out of looking
around you and seeing the Great Karoo.
Please add to your list of New Year's reso-
lutions - Give tortoises the right of way!
Lisa Smith
Unhappy Advertiser
I have to admit to some amusement over
what in the big wide world, would be
termed a hostile takeover of Pam Golding
Properties' long-held position on Page 3 of
the Prince Albert Friend.
If I'd been told at any time that Page 3
was so coveted by others, I would imme-
diately have offered to share and rotate it
- a suggestion which, although later re-
jected by the "editorial committee", I
considered wholly appropriate.
However, due to others' malfunctioning
emails and a rather regrettable lack of
consultation and transparency, the deci-
sion to put Page 3 out to tender was,
with somewhat unseemly haste (or so it
appeared to me), already a fait accompli.
I would like to put it on record that Pam
Golding Properties did not participate in
the tender. We feel that once a newspa-
per (even a tiny country publication such
as the PA Friend which does not seem to
consider itself part of prevailing profes-
sional newspaper advertising practices)
has established and published its rates, it
does not put them up for auction.
Nevertheless, we wish the new occupier
of Page 3, whoever it may be, a large
dose of whatever magic Page 3 is
deemed to hold, and trust that they have
(Continued on p 11)
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Sterreprag oor Prince Albert
Hans Daehne
Die Internasionale Jaar van Astro-
nomie 2009 is in Prince Albert op
gepaste wyse afgesluit met v n observasie
van die laaste en baie spesiale sons-
ondergang op Gordons Koppie.
Daar was 34 persone, wat v n paar entoe-
siastiese kinders ingesluit het, op die
koppie om die verdwyning van ons naas-
te ster agter die horison en daarna die
verskyning van die Volmaan, die tweede
een in Desember 2009, dop te hou. 'n
Rukkie later het die Maan ook nog effens
dowwer geword nadat die Aarde se ska-
duwee v n hap uit die Volmaan "gebyt"
het - alles saam v n baie rare verskynsel.
Almal het v n kans gekry om v n Galileo-
ondervinding te belewe deurdat hulle
deur die klein teleskoop na Jupiter en die
Maan kon kyk net soos Galileo dit ge-
doen het presies, 400 jaar gelede. Almal
was dit eens, dat ons so iets meer gereeld
moet doen.
Om die belangstelling in die heelal wat
deur die IYA 2009 baie geprikkel is, le-
wendig te hou, volg hier nou v n paar inte-
ressanthede om na uit te sien in die toe-
koms.
In Februarie, vergeleke met die vorige
maand, lyk die nagtelike sterrehemel nog
nie baie anders nie. Die somerkonste-
lasies, Orion en Canis major, oorheers
nog die hoofaansig, alhoewel hulle ty-
dens die standaard waarnemingstyd,
22h00, reeds effens na die Weste ver-
skuif het. Die helder tweelingspaar, Pol-
lux en Castor, kulmineer (bereik sy hoog-
ste posisie) in die Noorde.
In die Ooste styg die Leeu al op wat die
koms van die Herfs aankondig. Leo is v n
geweldige groot sterrebeeld met die hel-
der hoofster Regulus ("klein koning")
wat op die Ekliptika le. Die omgekeerde
vraagteken of sekel dui die Leeu se
maanhare aan en jy moet vir jouself v n op
sy rug- liggende leeu voorstel.
Mars, wat op 29 Januarie in opposisie
met die Son was ("Volmars"), is nog
opvallend helder in die onbeduidende
sterrebeeld van die Kreef tussen Gemini
en Leo.
Die oorlogsplaneet, wat nou 99.3mil. km
van die Aarde af is, word algaande klei-
ner en dowwer en verloor vinnig sy aan-
skoulikheid, maar passeer in die eerste
derde van die maand die oop sterrehopie
Praesepe (M 44) in die Kreef wat v n
pragtige verkykerwaarneming sal afgee.
Jupiter neem afskeid van die aandhemel
terwyl Saturn in Virgo begin om vroeer
saans op te kom.
Nuwe Maan is op die 14de en Volmaan
op die 28ste Februarie.
Die ruimteteleskoop Hubble is in 2009
suksesvol gediens en van v n nuwe infra-
rooi kamera, die Wye Veld Kamera
(WFC3), voorsien wat nou die aller-
mooiste fotos uit die ruimte oplewer.
Besoek gems die volgende webwerwe
om ons pragtige heelal te bewonder:
www.spacetelescope.org
www.hubblesite.org
In die Suide sien mens nou weer al drie
kruise bokant die Swartberge en waar-
deer ook nog die groot en klein Magel-
laanse wolke. In hierdie rigting wemel
dit van pragtige voorwerpe wat mens
mefn verkyker kan bestudeer.
Vir enige navrae omtrent sterresake kan
u Hans Daehne nader by 072-641-9657
of by daehne@telkomsa.net
Hou die sterre in u oe !
FUTURE EVENTS
Februarie 2010
3 February: Prince Albert Garden Club,
Jans Rautenbach Schouwburg, De Beer
St, 15h00
13 February: "Summer Fruits'' Festival,
Prince Albert Saturday Morning Market
13 Februarie: Landbouskougenootskap
se Valentynsdag Dans, 19:00, Skousaal
27 February: Moonlight Hell Run,
Gamkaskloof
March 2010
5-7Maart: Prince Albert Fees
April/Mei 2010
31 April - 1 Mei: Prince Albert Olyffees
Health foods in
Prince Albert
Lovers of dried fruit, seeds and nuts are
now able to make their choices from Sue
Goosen's stall at the Saturday morning
market. Items such as linseeds, rolled
oats, cranberries, raw nuts and pumpkin
seeds are available, as well as a range of
Health Connection products that include
tahini, molasses, bulgar wheat , polenta
and beans for sprouting.
Wheat- free flours and muesli, reduced fat
corn chips, low Gl oat cakes and natural
sugar substitutes cater for those who have
special requirements, while Sue and
Andre's organic vegetables can also be
purchased. And if you fancy a treat, try
one of Sue's delicious date balls!
Telephone Sue on 023 5411 558
if there is a particular item
you would like her to order.
Januarie 2010
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Brett the Vet
Beginnings
In the Beginning signifies the end of
something prior to the beginning:
The End allows a fresh start.
Somewhere in the middle is neither
here nor there.
Introduction interrupts: Conclusion
smoothes the way forward.
Forests are concealed in the seed from
an uprooted tree.
Invisible rays vapourise into rainbow
arcs from elusive pots of gold.
Spring wanders into winter and then
fades from summer; interrupted by
New Year.
Starting afresh after hibernation makes
complete sense in the northern hemi-
sphere. Dreaming up resolutions in
southern climes means retreating from
the heat.
Dormancy cold or hot can rejuvenate a
weary routine.
The immemorial pattern of planets in-
fluencing the cycles of nature is more
reassuring than a linear trajectory on
the critical path. Renewal occurs every
moment of every day (and night) even
after fate intervenes.
The origins and adaptations of our do-
mestic animals have been well docu-
mented. Developments can be traced to
a blurred past where theories replace
fact. Pieces of the puzzle become
fewer. Gaps and projections fuse re-
corded history. Our view is never com-
plete. Animal breeds are continuously
being created and lost. The only cer-
tainty is that every advance guided by
the hand of man can result in weakness
and inferiority compared with natural
selection. Wildness, we know, is satu-
rated with vigour. Genetic variation is
the essence of health. Biodiversity is
the key to sustainability. And so, we
have come full circle in the quest for
vitality.
Rethinking past mistakes means first
stepping back to survey the scene. Our
living creations have been diminished
to a pitiful collection of weak, suscepti-
ble specimens propped up by advances
in western medicine. Apparent
progress is inextricably linked with
unacknowledged failures. Details of
the expanding scale of industrialised
livestock farming are concealed and
ignored. What began, as respectful
reaping of excess has become broad
scale institutionalised cruelty. Its
horrors are glossed over with fake
advertising. Images of happy hens,
plucky pigs, and carefree cows luxuri-
ating in lush pastures are intentionally
misleading. Past hunter-gatherer neces-
sity preceded agricultural control of
food resources. Nowadays the breeding
of domestic animals is ignominiously
termed 'product growing'. The current
situation is abhorrent to caring humans
who are conscious of animal sentience
and want to end routine violence
towards animals.
Compassionate action has progressed
beyond the hessian-draped, incense-
infused recesses of complacent vege-
tarian obscurity. A surging market for
healthier, safer, cheaper, kinder,
sustainable alternatives to animal prod-
ucts has reached the glossy forefront of
lifestyle enhancement. The fearfully
imagined protein vacuum has been
filled with nutritious innovations:
• Seitan (wheat gluten), tofu, soya
meat (textured vegetable protein);
and new discoveries like tempeh,
quorn, and meatless.
• Milk substitutes extracted from
soya, almonds, rice, and oats.
• Non-dairy cheese and yoghurt.
• Replacement products that mimic
what eggs do in recipes.
• Recently scientists were able to
grow muscle tissue in a laboratory
from cells collected from a pig.
Commercial production of genuine
meat protein without the need for
cruelty to live animals is predicted
within five years.
For more information go to
www.futurefood.org
WIL JY BOU?
ENZEL 176Konstruksie
Ons het 35 jaar ondervinding van
alle fasette van die Boubedryf.
Niks is te klein of te groot nie.
Verwysings beskikbaar.
Ons werk in die hele Karoo streek
en hou persoonlik toesig.
LOOKING FOR A
BUILDER?
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business for 35 years.
Nothing is too big or too small.
References available.
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We build everywhere.
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0833895688
Fax: 023 5212843
E-mail: barnarddl @telkomsa.net
2J1edericks (lrokureurs
u lewenslange vennoot vir persoonlike diens
DA GAMASTRAAT 62,
DA NOVA,MOSSELBAAI
TEL: 044-690 3325 FAKS: 044-690 3279
EIENDOMSOORDRAGTE
(Ons doen u verband aansoek namens
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Ons doen ook:
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asook SKULDINVORDERING
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BOEDELBEPLANNING
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(lees ons nuusbrief ! )
Januarie 2010
prince Albert Brienfr
Beautiful Brakdak!
A suitable name for this cheerful home,
Sonneblom! Recently renovated to its original
state this cosy home offers your own peace
of haven. Price: R 1. 2 million
aroo /estates
for more details on any of our properties visit
our website at www.dennehof.co.za
or contact:
Ria 072 842 3056
Lindsay 082 456 8848
Office 023 541 I 227
Karoo Cottage Cutie!
Sheltered by an old majestic Pepper tree this
quality built home offers two bedrooms, two
bathrooms and a garage ready to lock-up and
go!
Price: R950 000
Mediterranean Complex
Three lovely cottage set in a serene and tran-
quil neighbourhood surrounded by tall shady
trees and beautiful Karoo views.
Price: RI.95 million
Historic 1865 Landmark
15 Rooms with ornate Victorian fireplaces,
large sash windows with wooden interior
shutters & an Oregon pine staircase.
Price: R2.75 million + VAT
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Moeder Aarde
True it's humble name, this old Victorian
home offers large spacious rooms with old
features and a separate flat, lockable garage
& braai area. Price: R 1.6 million
SOLE MANDATE
Newly renovated home with 3 bedrooms & 3
bathrooms, ample space in kitchen & living
area. Olive grove, pool, borehole... and
much more! Price: R 1. 48 million
Where heaven & earth meet...
This prime positioned 2 700m 2 plot will pro-
vide you with astonishing views whilst sur-
rounded by indigenous Karoo veld.
Price: R950 000
Nestled on the hill...
This gorgeously renovated home has 3 bed-
rooms, 2 bathrooms & a large living area.
Majestic views of the Swartberg Mountains
all round! Price: R800 000
A true Karoo gem, located on the main road of the village,
with prominent features. This old home offers original yellow
wood floors and ceilings, sash windows and shutters.
With two bedrooms and two bathrooms, this house has
ample space as it even has a complete self-contained garden
cottage. A small cosy kitchen (with Dover stove) gives this
home a very hearty feeling. A well established garden
surrounds oneself, thus secluding you from the world outside,
offering peace and tranquillity. The garden is serviced by a
borehole and the constant sound of water relaxes you as the
leiwater runs past the house.
Plus, the additional building called Mon Plaisir was once an
old fruit shed. Now, renovated to a complete self-contained
cottage, it has endless possibilities as a business on the main
road.
Price: RI.85 million
Tkis tnHrt proptrhuf coM he ifows!
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January 2010
MUNISIPALITEIT PRINS ALBERT
KENNISGEWING NOMMER 4/2010
VOORGESTELDE ONDERVERDELING
ERF 579, PRINS ALBERT
MNR. R MAEYER
Kennis geskied hiermee ingevolge Artikel 24(1) van
Ordonnansie 15 van 1985 dat die Raad 'n aansoek van
MNR. R MAEYER ontvang het vir die Onderverdeling van
ERF 579, PASTORIESTRAAT, PRINS ALBERT.
Nadere besonderhede le ter insae by die Munisipale Kantoor, Prins
Albert, gedurende kantoor-ure.
Skriftelike besware, indien enige teen die voorstel, tesame met redes,
moet die ondergetekende voor of op VRYDAG, 26 FEBRUARIE 2010
bereik.
NAVRAE KAN GERIG WORD AAN: MNR. EDWIN SEPTEMBER
Munisipale Kantoor ME. JUANITA FORTUIN
Privaatsak X53 MUNISIPALE BESTUURDER
PRINS ALBERT 13 Januarie 2010
6930 Tel. (023) 541-1320
PRINCE ALBERT MUNICIPALITY
NOTICE NUMBER 4/2010
PROPOSED SUBDIVISION
ERF 579, PRINCE ALBERT
MR. R MAEYER
Notice is hereby given in terms of Section 24(1) of Ordinance 15 of
1985 that the Council has received an application from
MR. R MAEYER to subdivide ERF 579, PASTORIE STREET,
PRINCE ALBERT.
Details of the proposal are available for inspection at the Municipal
Offices, Prince Albert, during office hours.
Written objection, if any, to the proposal together with reasons,
must be lodged with the undersigned not later than:
FRIDAY, 26TH FEBRUARY 2010.
ENQUIRIES CAN BE ADDRESSED TO: MR. EDWIN SEPTEMBER
Municipal Offices MS. JUANITA FORTUIN
Private Bag X53 MUNICIPAL MANAGER
PRINCE ALBERT 13 January 2010
6930 Tel. (023)541-1320
MUNISIPALITEIT PRINS ALBERT
KENNISGEWING NOMMER 5/2010
VOORGESTELDE AFWYKING
VAN DORPSAANLEGSKEMA
PLAAS TIERBERG, DISTRIK PRINS ALBERT
ME. ALMARI DERCKSEN
Kennis geskied hiermee ingevolge Artikel 15(1 )(a)(ii) van Ordonnansie
15 van 1985 dat die Raad 'n aansoek van Me. Almari Dercksen
ontvang het vir 'n Afwyking van die Dorpsaanlegskema.
Naam: Me. A Dercksen
Adres: Plaas Tierberg, Prins Albert
Erf no: Plaas
Doel van aansoek: Bedryf van 'n selfsorg gastehuis
Nadere besonderhede le ter insae by die Munisipale Kantoor,
Kerkstraat 33, Prins Albert, gedurende kantoor-ure.
Skriftelike besware, indien enige teen die voorstel, tesame met redes,
moet die ondergetekende voor of op VRYDAG, 26 FEBRUARIE 2010
bereik.
NAVRAE KAN GERIG WORD AAN: MNR. EDWIN SEPTEMBER
Munisipale Kantoor ME. JUANITA FORTUIN
Privaatsak X53 MUNISIPALE BESTUURDER
PRINS ALBERT 13 Januarie 2010
6930 Tel. (023) 541-1320
PRINCE ALBERT MUNICIPALITY
NOTICE NUMBER 5/2010
PROPOSED DEPARTURE OF
TOWN PLANNING SCHEME
FARM TIERBERG, DISTRICT PRINCE ALBERT
MS. ALMARI DERCKSEN
Notice is hereby given in terms of Section 15(1)(a)(ii) of Ordinance 15
of 1985 that the Council has received an application from Ms. Almari
Dercksen for Departure from the Town Planning scheme.
Name: Ms. Almari Dercksen
Address: Farm Tierberg, Prince Albert
Erf no: Farm
Reason for application: Practice a self catering guest house
Details of the proposals are available for inspection in the Municipal
Offices, 33 Church Street, Prince Albert, during office hours.
Written objections, if any, to the proposal together with reasons, must
be lodged with the undersigned not later than:
FRIDAY, 26TH FEBRUARY 2010.
ENQUIRIES CAN BE ADDRESSED TO: MR. EDWIN SEPTEMBER
Municipal Offices MS. JUANITA FORTUIN
Private Bag X53 MUNICIPAL MANAGER
PRINCE ALBERT 13 January 2010
6930 Tel. (023)541-1320
Januarie 2010
prince Albert Brtenft
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(Letters. . . Continued from p 5)
made a suitably generous contribution to
the coffers of the PA Friend.
I will continue with good grace to
support the PA Friend and will occupy
whatever page they think I deserve after
my loyal support since 1994.
Elaine Hurford
Pam Golding Properties
(When other advertisers expressed an
interest in advertising on page 3, the
editorial committee decided, based on
sound business principles and to be fair
to everyone, to put the page out to
tender. The newspaper depends on suffi-
cient revenue to bring out an edition
every month and is entitled to determine
the cost of advertising on its pages. We
appreciate the long-standing support of
Pam Golding Properties and are de-
lighted that it will continue. Ed.)
Skoolgemeenskap moet ons
hoerskool ondersteun
Bi,
redaksionele kommentaar in die
Vriend van Nov/Des 2009, waarin
gese word dat ons eerlik moet begin praat
oor die omstandighede by Hoerskool
Zwartberg, verdien lof.
My mening is ook dat dit tyd is dat die
gemeenskap weet dat die skoolhoof van
Hoerskool Zwartberg net minagting en
disrespek vir kinders, ouers en personeel
se opinies openbaar. Hy toon steeds nie
dat hy enigsins akkomoderend of deur-
sigtig wil wees nie en behandel die per-
soneel regtig soos minderjariges. Hy laat
nie toe dat iemand 'n inset lewer waarop
hy nie krities reageer nie. Hy beskou die
skool as sy eiendom, maar die skool is in
werklikheid die gemeenskap se eiendom
- hy moet dit net bestuur. By verskeie
geleenthede het hy gese dat Zwartberg
"sy" skool is en dat dinge nie by sy skool
"so" sal gebeur nie. Tot dusver het hy
nog net getoon dat hy heeltemal onbek-
waam is om die bestuurspos te vul.
Betalende ouers neem hul kinders weg
uit die skool, wat dit op die ou end on-
moontlik gaan maak vir die skool om te
funksioneer met onvoldoende fondse.
Gehalte-onderrig, soos wat tans nog
plaasvind, gaan onmoontlik raak met
kombinasieklasse wat gevorm moet word
omdat daar nie genoeg personeellede is
nie. Die skool het reeds een beheer-
liggaampos verloor, wat gekompliseerde
onderrig in gekombineerde klasse in
2010 noodsaak.
Van 'n skoolhoof word verwag om die
"gom" te wees wat personeel, ouers,
kinders en die skoolgemeenskap aan-
mekaar hou, maar Zwartberg se hoof
Ons lewer af :
Bousand (W.N.N.R getoets)
Opvulgrond
Tuingrond
Bou en skraap van paaie
Rip van Grond
Ploeg van Grond
Bou en skraap van damme
Grondverskuiwing
Slootgrawer te huur
FAAN DE WIT
Tel: (023)5411540
Sel: 082 5791248
We deliver
Building sand (CSIR tested)
Filling soil
Topsoil
Building and excavating roads
Subsoiling of fields
Ploughing of fields
Building and excavating of dams
Earth moving
Diggerloader for hire
oefen slegs 'verdelende aksies' uit - soseer
dat van die ouers en van die personeel nie
eens in sy teenwoordigheid wil wees nie.
Ek glo die vertrouensverhouding tussen
skoolhoof en skoolgemeenskap is onher-
stelbaar beskadig en indien die gemeen-
skap nie drasties planne gaan maak nie,
gaan die skool ten gronde gaan. Die
korrekte forum waardeur gewerk moet
word, is die Beheerliggaam en mense uit
die skoolgemeenskap sal moet opstaan en
hulself beskikbaar stel om standpunt in te
neem teen die agteruitgang wat ons nou by
HZ beleef. Die skool dien die gemeenskap
en dit is hoe ons dit wil behou: Dit is nie
die skoolhoof se eiendom om uit mekaar te
laat val nie!
Ek bedank die Vriend vir aktuele berig-
gewing en vra dat die koerant sal volhou
om te berig oor ongerymdhede by die
skool, of waar ook al, want dit is belangrik
dat belanghebbendes ingelig bly.
Anoniem
(Die skrywer se identiteit en kontakbeson-
derhede is aan die Vriend bekend.)
'n Afskrif van Anoniem se brief is om hof-
likheidshalwe aan die skoolhoof, Hoer-
skool Zwartberg, voorsien. Normaalweg
aanvaar Die Vriend briewe wat nie langer
is as 350 woorde nie, maar omdat die aan-
geleentheid van belang is vir die ge-
meenskap het ons besluit om 'n uitson-
dering te maak en die skoolhoof se ant-
woord daarop onveranderd en geheel te
plaas.
Kyk na die telbord
ierdie brief dien as repliek op
.Anoniem se brief soos in u koerant
geplaas.
H:
Ek het nog altyd geglo dat briefwisseling,
veral in 'n ope forum soos waar ons ons-
self tans bevind, positief, opbouend,
ontwikkelend en ter verbetering van mens-
wees behoort te wees.
Om te kwets, te verneder en bloot kwaad-
willig te wees, kan egter ook deel van
briefwisseling wees. Ek voel lankal dat die
(Vervolg op p 12)
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January 2010
(Briewe... Vervolg vanafp 11)
bal nie meer gespeel word nie, maar die
man.
Ek het nog nooit op anonimiteit reageer
nie, dit maar nog net altyd behandel as
van mindere gehalte, benede die moed-
van-oortuiging gedagte.
Mens is egter bang dat die algemene le-
ser dalk die verdigsels wat in Anoniem se
brief kwytgeraak word, kan glo, dat 'n
mens verplig voel om daarop te reageer.
Uit 'n per soonlike hoedanigheid en ook
omdat 'n mens bang is dat sulke los
praatjies Hoerskool Zwartberg se reputa-
sie sal skade aandoen; 'n instansie waar-
voor ek baie lief geword het en wat ek
belang-riker beskou as my eie besk-
roomdheid.
Dit is werklik jammer dat Anoniem se
identiteit nie bekend is nie; ek sou horn/
haar graag wou verwys na die talle fo-
rums wat by Hoerskool Zwartberg
bestaan om op 'n openlike manier klag-
tes, uitdagings, probleme en algemene
sake te bespreek. Ter inligting: ons per-
soneel en beheerliggaamslede is volledig
onderleg in die roetes wat gevolg behoort
te word. Sake word openlik bespreek
met almal se insae. HSZ het, na 'n lang
personeelsessie, as groep besluite
geneem oor die hantering van ons skool
in 2010. Daar was geen individu wat
daarna sy/haar ontevreden-heid met
enige besluit geneem, geopper het nie.
Ook ons skool se werksver-deling,
rooster, buitemuurse aktiwiteite en alle
fasette van skoolwees is bespreek, afge-
handel en word geimplementeer. Die
proses was dus akkomoderend, demok-
raties, elkeen kon sy/haar opinie lug en is
as menswaardige gelykes behandel.
Anomiem was seker nie op hierdie ver-
gadering nie.
Ja, ek het al per geleentheid gese HSZ is
my skool. Ek is geweldig trots op hierdie
skool. Net so behoort hierdie skool aan
elke persoon van hierdie gemeenskap wat
'n positiewe bydrae wil lewer. So is dit
elkeen se "my" skool en so is dit 6ns
skool.
Die skoolhoof se sogenaamde
onbekwaamheid :
Na slegs een jaar se ondervinding in 'n
baie harde, ongenaakbare en soms onver-
draagsame omgewing was dit teen die
einde van 2009 reeds baie lekker om alle
administrasie, werksverdelings, pro-
gramme, datumlyste, nuusbriewe en be-
planning vir 2010 daar te stel. Einde
2009 het HSZ se leerders se akademiese
uitslae of die vorige jaar s'n gehandhaaf
of daar is op verbeter, tot soveel as 15%
in 'n enkele geval. Ons matrieks het 'n
100% slaagsyfer gehad. Hulle gemid-
delde vir die klas was uitstekend. Ons
was ook die enigste skool in ons kring
wat hierdie welslae behaal het. Geluk-
wensinge het ingestroom.
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Hierdie administrate we agtergrond en
uitslae kon nie tot stand gebring word saam
met onbekwame bestuur nie. Die uitvloe-
isel hiervan was dat HSZ reeds op die eer-
ste dag van skool sy rooster begin loop het
en die opvoeders kon begin klasgee. Daar
is min skole wat so iets kan regkry. Dit
getuig van puik samewerking in 'n skool,
deur elke individu en ook as span.
HSZ, sy personeel en ook die skoolhoof is
in 2009 geevalueer, ook as deel van die
standaard skool verbeteringsplan, soos deur
die WKOD bestuur. Hierdie evaluering
het aangetoon dat kommentaar wissel van
bevredigend tot uitstekend. (Soos o.a. ook
deur die personeel geevalueer).
Tydens ons personeelontwikkeligsessie die
begin van die jaar, gegrond op die film
"Freedom Writers", is in die be-
sprekingsessie daarna deur die personeel
aangetoon dat hulle reken HSZ 'n goeie
skool is wat geborgenheid aan sy leerders
bied en waar 'n kind steeds mooi hoogtes
van menswees kan bereik.
Anoniem wys daarop dat betalende ouers
hulle kinders tans uit die skool neem en op
die negatiewe gevolge wat daaruit
voortvloei. Sy/hy le dit en die "gom" wat
die skoolhoof behoort te wees ook voor sy
deur.
HSZ het die eerste keer in 112 jaar die
skool se verjaarsdag gevier, op inisiatief
van die skoolhoof en met teenkanting. Die
idee was om saam met ander aktiwiteite
die skooltrots en motivering van alle lede
van die skoolgemeenskap aan te blaas. Mnr
Chris Gouws het vir hierdie geleentheid
navorsing gedoen oor die geskiedenis van
ons skool. Een van sy bevindinge was dat
HSZ feitlik van sy ontstaan af te doen ge-
had het met die spook van onvoldoende
fondse. Dit was maar altyd 'n groot faktor.
So ook vandag.
Daar is egter vir 2010 twee kontrakposte
i.p.v. een soos in die verlede, vir onder-
wysers aan die skool toegeken, wat ge-
weldige besparings teweeggebring het. Dit
kon gedoen word met die handhawing van
goeie verhoudings met die WOKD-area
kantoor te Beaufort-Wes.
Geld is steeds hierdie faktor, veral as dit
(Vervolg op p 14)
Januarie 2010
prince Albert Urtenfr
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OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS.
Bedrooms 4 Bathrooms 3 Garage 4 WEB 179029
Ideal for retirement, B&B, even small scale farming.
On the river bank, bordering a nature reserve and
overlooking the Swartberge.
GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY.
Bedrooms 4 Bathrooms 3 Garage 2 WEB 162860
Main bedroom en-suite. Thatched lapa and heated
swimming pool. Separate granny flat. Open plan living/
dining/kitchen area.
(O) 023 541 1 800 RIAAN COETZEE 082 3255 777 (O) 023 541 1 800 IAAN COETZEE 076 4537 938
RESTORED TO PERFECTION.
Bedrooms 2 Bathrooms 1 Garage 2 WEB 188513
1424m 2 plot with fruit trees. Receives leiwater and
has a borehole. Yellow wood floors, sash windows.
One for the purist.
(O) 023 5411 800 IAAN COETZEE 076 4537 938
PRINCE ALBERT
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Bedrooms Bathrooms 1 Garage WEB 189061
Storage room already built on 2500m 2 . Another plot
with foundations available. Stock and equipment
included.
IDEAL FOR A FAMILY.
Bedrooms 3 Bathrooms 3 Garage 2 WEB 114473
Main bedroom en-suite with walk in closet. Inside and
outside braai. Thatched lapa. Swimming pool.
Bachelor's flat in garden. 2260m 2 plot
(O) 023 541 1 800 IAAN COETZEE 076 4537 938 (O) 023 541 1 800 IAAN COETZEE 076 4537 938
MEDITERRANEAN LIFESTYLE.
Bedrooms 4 Bathrooms 3 Garage 3 WEB 98991
Three cottages each with own bedroom and bath-
room. Wine cellar and outbuildings. Ideal for a group
of friends. Guesthouse potential.
(O) 023 5411 800 IAAN COETZEE 076 4537 938
PRINCE ALBERT
R 3 250 000 ■ PRINCE ALBERT
LANDMARK BUILDING IN TOWN.
Bedrooms 2 Bathrooms 4 Garage WEB 95685
VAT excluded. Located on the main road. Contains
art gallery and restaurant. Two flats upstairs.
ESCAPE TO THE COUNTRY.
Bedrooms 3 Bathrooms 2 Garage 2 WEB 111217
Main bedroom en-suite. Small garden.
Low maintenance. Ideal for weekend house.
(O) 023 5411 800 RIAAN COETZEE 082 3255 777 (O) 023 5411 800 RIAAN COETZEE 082 3255 777
KAROO STYLE AND CHARM.
Bedrooms 3 Bathrooms 3 Garage WEB 179285
Centrally located, some furniture can be included.
Separate guest cottage.
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(Advice Office... Continued from p 1)
The PA Advice Office was intended to
ensure food security for the very poor
and to give labourers, working on the
farms around the town, legal advice.
The initiative now runs or is involved
in 11 projects, including a community
garden on the emerging farm, Treintji-
esrivier, a print shop, HIV/Aids home-
based care, a nursery school for farm
children in the Weltevrede Valley, le-
gal assistance, a youth development
initiative - to name a few.
It partners with government depart-
ments like Social Development and
Health and the Central Karoo District
Municipality to ensure people in des-
perate need don't slip, unhelped,
through the system. It runs on funding
from private donors (through SCAT,
Lotto, the Office of the Consumer Pro-
tector, the National Development
Agency) and government. Each project
has its own bank account that is admin-
istered by a clerk at the Advice Office
and which is audited annually.
"We have tight controls and this gives
our funders confidence," says Jaftha.
The move to a Section 21 company
was a natural next-step for the former
non-profit organisation. Political inter-
ference was a potential threat to its sus-
tainability and the leadership opted to
form a company to protect the staff and
ensure the impartiality of the operation.
The Advice Office owns four vehicles
and plans are afoot for it to eventually
finance the purchase of its own build-
ing. It currently operates from a rented
house.
"Good leadership and hard, hard work
has been the secret of our success,"
said Jaftha.
(The Friend plans to interview the
PAAK's chairperson, Goliath Lotter-
ing, in our next edition)
Specialising in:
• Growing and selling indigenous plants.
• Garden layout and development using hardy plants that survive
in the Karoo.
No. 7 Christina de Wit Street
Tel: (023) 541 1173
Carol Tissiman: 082 467 1299
(Briewe... Vervolg vanafp 12)
by die betaling van beheerliggaamsposte
kom. Dit hou egter nouliks verband met
die aantal mense wat bereid is om hulle
kinders in hierdie skool te hou. Dit is
mos elke mens se persoonlike keuse.
Wat Anoniem egter nie noem nie, is dat
mense reeds voor my koms hulle
kinders in groot getalle na ander skole in
die omgewing en op ons eie dorp ge-
stuur het. Sommige doen dit na gr 7 an-
der vroeer of later. Die privaatskole en
huisonderrig was iets wat ek hier kom
vind het. Ek kan nie vir daardie "gom"
pa staan nie. Interessant dat my en my
familie se lojaliteit nie hier onder ver-
denking kan wees nie. My eie twee
kinders is immers in hierdie skool, baie
van die mense rondom me se kinders
nie. Ironies?
Onthou ook asb. dat dat die keuses om
beheerliggamposte te behou, aldan nie,
'n besluit van is wat deur die beheer-
liggaam geneem word, dis hulle verant-
woordelikheid. So ook die behoud van
(Vervolg op p 15)
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high quality
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Specialising in:
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■ High quality restorations including plumbing
and woodwork.
No. 7 Christina de Wit Street (023) 541 1173
or (023) 541 1093
DorrienTissiman: 082 467 1703
Januarie 2010
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(Briewe... Vervolg vanafp 14)
die skool en die hantering van fond-
seinsameling en geldsake. Die skoolhoof
is NIE hiervoor verantwoordelik nie. Hy
hanteer slegs die personeel. Die toekoms
van hierdie skool berus dus in 'n groot
mate in sy ouers se hande. Hulle moet
ook help planne maak.
Wat egter ook interessant is, is dat na
2009 se goeie uitslae baie van die room
van Prince Albert se leerders nou nie
meer na ander fokusskole gaan nie, hulle
vind hulle wee na HSZ. Ons sien hierdie
in die toename in Wiskunde- en Skeinat
leerders aan ons skool in 2010....
Ter afsluiting net die volgende: ek dink
daar is oorvoldoende bewyse dat HSZ
beslis nie besig is om uitmekaar te val
nie. Ek vind ook die toenemende
toegeneendheid van Prince Albert se
mense teenoor my en my gesin verbly-
dend. Dit is vir my lekker om dorp toe te
gaan en baie later terug te kom as beplan
omdat mense oral aan die gesels geraak
het. Dankie dat u ook aan my aantoon
dat daar steeds 'n vertrouingsvehouding
bestaan. Ek en my gesin is gemeenskaps-
mense en is lief vir die Karoo.
Dit raak nou tyd in hierdie skool-
gemeenskap om te besef dat enkeles se
vendetta 'n gesin geweldig seermaak.
Aan elke individu met persoonlike prob-
leme: u weet waar my kantoor is. Ek is
oop, toegangklik en ek luister - maak
gebruik daarvan - Anoniem ook! As u
enige gedagtewisseling hierna opmerk,
maak asb kontak en vind die ware feite
uit.
Ek beskou hierdie saak nou as afgehandel
Dit raak nou tyd vir die skoolgemeenskap
om te se: stap nou aan, ons wil werk vir
die hierdie skool.
Ons kan nie langer energie inploeg in
negatiewiteit nie. Ons wil nou voortgaan
om die skool verder te ontwikkel. Hier le
enorme potensiaal. Ek kan nie langer my
positiewe energie gebruik om negatiewe
mense te voed nie. Tot dan bly ek en my
personeel UT PROSIM - tot u diens.
R McKnight
Skoolhoof
Hoerskool Zwartberg
A salute to our
generous community
Anybody who thought that community
spirit is something of the past should
have been at the Prince Albert skousaal in
late November 2009. It was a truly moving
experience for my family to see the entire
community coming out - at no little cost
to themselves - in support of our son
Richard.
Besides the obvious financial help this
meant to Richard and his fiancee Fiona, it
meant so much to our entire family. It re-
affirmed our belief in the inherent good-
ness of people, of all backgrounds, when it
comes to helping their fellow man. Rich
and poor, young and old, friends and
strangers - everybody seemed prepared to
help.
I've said this before, but I'm going to say
it again: We, as a family, salute the com-
munity of Prince Albert!
No words will adequately thank you all,
but we really would like to thank all the
organizers of the event and all the musi-
cians - Slamjam, Therene and Bodo. A
special word of thanks, too, to Jeremy
Freemantle for his spirited exhibition of
the 'Twist' and to Das who supplied me
with the Jack Daniels - and thanks to all
those who helped me finish it.
Richard is recovering slowly but surely,
but unfortunately his left hand is still
virtually paralysed and the prospects of
his being able to work are still slight.
The funds collected by the community of
Prince Albert will be a great help in
keeping Richard and Fiona going for the
next few months. Thank you all again.
Megan en ek is waarlik trots om deel te
wees van 'n gemeenskap waar almal -tot
self vreemdelinge - so gewillig is om te
help. Die goeie wense, gebede en
boodskappe wat ons tydens Richard se
ongeluk gekry het was 'n voorbeeld van
Prince Albert se groot hart, maar die
byeenkoms by die skousaal in November
het ons verstom!
Soos ons jongste seun Jake (wie ook vir
'n paar maande in Prince Albert kom
bly) dit so mooi opgesom het: " Ek kan
nie wag om deel te wees van 'n gemeen-
skap wat so 'n groot hart het nie."
Baie dankie aan elke een van julle.
Pete Reinders
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aan Ons Lesers
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nooi en aanmoedig om bydraes en
artikels in hul taalkeuse aan ons voor te le vir
publikasie.
Terselfdertyd behou ons die reg voor om alle
kopie te redigeer en te verkort.
Ons publiseer artikels in die taal waarin ons
dit ontvang. Ons onderneem om die voor-
bladartikel, sowel as die redaksionele kom-
mentaar, afwisselend in Afrikaans en Engels
te publiseer.
Ons redaksionele beleid is om in ons blad 'n
lewendige, gesonde debat te voer. Ons glo
verskillende standpunte sal lei tot insig aan
beide kante van die spektrum. Ons gaan nie
plek afstaan aan persoonlik afbrekende, ver-
delende en kwetsende briewe of artikels nie.
Lesers is, in hierdie gees van opbouende
kritiek, welkom om hul opinies te lug betref-
fende die gepubliseerde briewe en artikels en
enige ander saak wat hulle na aan die hart le.
Terselfdertyd wil ons ons lesers se aandag ves-
tig op die redaksionele riglyne wat op ons Brie-
weblad verskyn.
Die Vriend word hoofsaaklik behartig deur
vrywilligers wat almal elke maand baie hard en
nog langer ure werk om 'n professionele produk
op straat te kry. Kom neem deel, en help ons
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Munisipaliteit Prins Albert
BELANGRIKE KENNISGEWING
Water besparings
Die Munisipaliteit vind dit tans moeilik om ons drinkwaterdam se vlakke
tydens die warm somer maande konstant vol te hou as gevolg van hoe
watergebruik. Voorsorgmaatreels is noodsaaklik om te verseker dat water
beskikbaar bly.
• Daar moet gepoog word om tuine tydens die koeler tye van
die dag nat te maak. Die Munisipaliteit benodig die volgende
hulp van die gemeenskap deur: Voor te stel dat tuine gedurende
die volgende tye natgemaak word:
SOGGENS 06h00-07h00
SAANS 19h00 en later
• 'n Tuinslang mag gedurende bogenoemde tye gebruik word.
Die gebruik van mikro besproeiing (spreiers) word ook toegelaat.
• Die gebruik van 'n tuinslang beperk word vir die was van Voertuie,
geboue, mure, plaveisel en verfraaide Oppervlaktes.
• Kommersiele-, nywerheids en staatsinstansies sowel as ander inrig-
tingsverbruikers word hiermee versoek om saam te werk, ten einde hul
waterverbruik te verminder na redelike doelwitte.
• Ons versoek dat elke inwoner die kosbaarheid van water besef en
die Raad ondersteun deur alles te doen om water spaarsas-
mig en oordeelkundig te gebruik.
Baie dankie dat ons kan staatmaak op u samewerking.
Vriendelike Groete
ME.JUANITAFORTUIN
MUNISIPALE BESTUURDER
%■
Municipality Prince Albert
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Water Conservation
The Municipality is presently experiencing difficulty maintaining the drinking
water dams at a constant full level during the hot summer months. It has,
therefore become necessary to take measures to ensure that there is al-
ways drinking water.
• We wish to encourage residents to water gardens during cooler
times of the day. The municipality ask the community for
assistance with the following: A suggestion that the gardens be
watered during the following times:
MORNINGS
EVENINGS
06h00 - 07h00
19H00 and later
• A garden hose may be used during these times.
The use of micro-spraying is also allowed.
• The washing of vehicles, buildings, walls, paving and decorated
surfaces using a garden hose is allowed.
• Commercial, industrial and state organizations as well as other
institutional consumers are requested to co-operate in order to
decrease water consumption to reasonable levels.
• We request that each resident is aware how valuable our water is
and to do everything in their power to assist the Council by using
water sparingly and sensibly.
We are relying on your co-operation.
Yours faithfully
MS.JUANITAFORTUIN
MUNICIPAL MANAGER
Januarie 2010
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Suid-Kaap se 96 studentekonstabels kry balkies in Prince Albert
- Denise Ohlson -
Vier van die 96 studente-konstabels
wat op 15 Januarie hul veld-
opleiding in die Suid-Kaap voltooi het,
was onder die vlerk van opleier Jean
Viljoen, inspekteur van die Prince Albert
Polisiestasie. Hul eerste ses maande het
hulle deurgebring aan die Polisiekollege
in Oudtshoorn, waarna hul "eerste
strepie" toegeken is. Met die voltooiing
van die veldopleiding, waartydens hulle
in die praktyk te doen gekry het met
huisbraak, ongelukstonele, misdaadvoor-
koming, ondersoeke en stasiewerk, het
hulle hul "tweede strepie" ontvang -
saam met die res van die groep wat na
Prince Albert gebring is vanaf George,
Mosselbaai, Beaufort-Wes, Heidelberg,
Albertinia, Knysna en Plettenbergbaai.
Tydens die toekenningsparade op die oop
terrein oorkant die BP Garage het kaptein
CJ Alkana, Koordineerder van Indiens-
Thabole Gagu (Oudtshoorn), Wilhelm Samson
(Dysselsdorp), EG Kammies (Klaarstroom)
en Henry Smith (Oudtshoorn) spog trots met hul
tweede balkie wat hulle van veldopleier inspekteur
Jean Viljoen (links) ontvang het.
opleiding in die Suid-Kaap, die 26 veld-
opleiers geprys vir hul harde werk. Daar is
flink gemarsjeer voor 'n gei'nteresseerde
skare.
Inspekteur Viljoen, wat al sedert 2000 'n
opleier is, se drie studente per opleier is
die norm, en hy het al 27 veldstudente
opgelei. Die eerste vereiste is dat
studente fiks moet wees en om tot 8 km
op 'n slag te hardloop.
Vanjaar het hy net een student, Graham
Hendriks. Die vier wat pas hul tweede
balkie verwerf het, se volgende periode is
'n probasietydperk van twaalf maande
waartydens hulle by verskillende stasies
sal werk. Binne sewe jaar kan hulle
vorder tot sersant, maar as hulle bereid is
om eksamens te skryf, kan dit baie
vinniger gaan.
As daar lesers is wat belangstel om
opgelei te word as polisiemanne en -
vroue, kan hulle skakel met inspekteur
Eddie Hattingh by die Prince Albert
Polisiestasie. Hulle sal 'n salaris en
behuisingsubsidie ontvang - en opgelei
word om liggaamlik en geestelik sterk te
staan.
Hoerskool Zwartberg Follow Up
In its November/December 2009
edition The Friend undertook to fol-
low up on in its editorial comment. "Dis
nou tyd om eerlik te wees". We report
below on what we have achieved to date.
This month, on our Letters page, we
carry two letters that offer different per-
spectives on what is happening at Hoer-
skool Zwartberg. We thank both writers
for taking the time and making the effort
to address an issue that is important in a
small town like ours.
The Friend is aware that on two occa-
sions during 2009 the educators at Hoer-
skool Zwartberg requested the Western
Cape Department of Education's
(WCED) assistance to address specific
concerns. Ms Ellen Joubert resigned in
August 2009 as head of the school's
governing body listing the reasons as
attributable to the management style at
the school. During September the gov-
erning body also requested the Depart-
ment's help in resolving their concerns.
To date, there has been no visible action
and nothing seems to have changed.
Educators and members of the governing
body the Friend has spoken to are highly
concerned that they have received no feed-
back on the undertakings made and do not
know what is going on.
The Friend's enquiry to the WCED about
its undertakings to the school was referred
to the Department's Director of Communi-
cation, Mr Paddy Atwell, who on 19 Janu-
ary informed the Friend: "The Western
Cape Education Department is satisfied
with the performance of Zwartberg High -
for example, the school had a matric pass
rate of 100% in 2009. The department will
consider all points of view carefully when
assessing the situation." In a subsequent
telephone conversation the same afternoon,
Mr Attwell told the Friend that the Depart-
ment wished to add that "the WCED has
investigated the various complaints and
taken appropriate actions. It has noted
great improvements in the administration of
the school especially in the hostel."
The community is proud of Hoerskool
Zwartberg with its good academic record
and outstanding matric results year in and
year out. There are also its achievements in
the sporting arena even though we do
not have a wealthy school in an upmar-
ket neighbourhood. Many, even those
who do not have children in the school,
contribute regularly to the school's fund-
raising efforts because they believe that
a healthy school is important for the sus-
tainability of the town.
At the same time there is concern in
many sectors in our community that in
the last few months, governing body
posts have been scrapped and teachers
have resigned, parents have removed
their children from the school, and there
are fewer fee-paying children this year.
This means an even greater lack of funds
for the school than in previous years. At
the time of going to print, the governing
body of the school was not functional
and due to hold elections. Another prob-
lem is that these facts lead to speculation
and division in the community
The Friend knows that there are formal
forums where these concerns can be
raised and, in the interest of openness
and transparency, regards itself as yet
one more where issues of importance to
the community can be discussed and
debated.
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Museum News
-Gunda Hardegen-B runner
By definition a chair is a movable,
single seat with four legs and a
backrest - but, as with everything in life,
you also get exceptions.
Chairs are named
• from the material used: cane, bent
wood or plastic
• from the purpose for which they are
designed: barber's or dentist's chair
• from their construction: a folding or
rocking chair.
The oldest chair in the Fransie Pienaar
Museum is a riempie chair made in 1 840
by F.F. de Wit, brother of Christina de
Wit, who was married to Andries Preto-
rius, the Voortrekker leader.
In the same year the builder Carel Lotz
settled in the Parish of Swartberg
(Queeckvalleij). The "holbol" (concave/
convex) gables on his Cape Dutch houses
are unique.
On 10 February also in 1840, Queen Vic-
toria married the German Prince, Albert
van Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, in the
Chapel of St. James' Palace. The weather
was dreadful, stormy and rainy.
In December 1901 the Municipality of
Prince Albert was proclaimed in the
Government Gazette. The first council
meeting took place in 1902.
About that time, while the councillors
were sitting on spindle-back chairs with
bent-wood armrests around a big table
(to be seen in the dinning room of the
museum), General Jan Smuts and his
Commando were sitting on the backs of
their horses riding through this neck of
the woods with the 'khakis' in hot
pursuit.
One of the above-mentioned exceptions
of the definition of a chair is a patented
stroller (walking ring) which belonged to
Fransie Pienaar and is now in the bed-
room of the museum.
All those who, like myself, were under
the impression that strollers are an inven-
tion of the plastic-age, take note - this
stroller, made out of wood, spring steel,
leather and metal castors, was in use for
several decades from the early 1900s
onwards.
While the children of the Pienaar family
were strengthening their muscles in their
"loopring", lots of things happened in
Prince Albert. Here are just a few of
them:
1908: The Municipality received a £5000
loan from the government to lay on water
pipes for drinking water and for 50-60
taps in the streets for those homes that
could not receive drinking water.
4 October 1912: The first issue of a
weekly newspaper "De Prince Albert
Vriend/ Prince Albert Friend" was pub-
lished in Dutch and English.
1918: The first yearly show of the Prince
Albert Famers' Union was held.
1922: Prince Albert got its first telephone
exchange. It was closed at night and calls
to the doctor were handled with the help
of the police.
1934: The Municipal council gave per-
mission for a merry-go-round on Market
square, but directed that it was not al-
lowed to operate during church services.
Up to 1975 J.J. Bothma ran a barbershop
in Prince Albert. The male population of
the town was raised, lowered, swivelled
and reclined in his barber's chair (now in
the museum), while in,-
1953: Kerk Straat was tarred
1960: The Municipality ordered the
prosecution of residents who ignored
water restrictions.
1972: The Museum was opened in a
house on the corner of Kerk and Jan
Louw Streets. Tannie Fransie donated
her collection of antiques to the town. In
the following years the museum's collec-
tion grew considerably and in 1982 it
was moved into the former hospital,
where it is still today.
When Piet Basson, born in 1918 at Vye-
vlei, retired as a Director Superintendent
from YSKOR, he dedicated most of his
time to his lifelong hobby, carving wood.
During his time at YSKOR he often visited
the Middle East and he was a frequent
guest at the palace of the Shah of Iran. The
four ornately carved, leather upholstered
armchairs in the museum's Basson Room
show a definite Middle Eastern influence.
Piet Basson made these chairs from 1985-
88. During those years in:
1985: the rugby field was completed with
the help of a donation by the S A Rugby
Board.
1987- 88: a pipeline of about 4.6 km was
laid from the town to the entrance of the
Swartberg Pass.
The newest chairs in the Museum are those
bought for the office in 2001 with the
money received from the Piet Basson
Trust.
In the January edition of the 'Prince
Albert Friend' in that year plots in the
Queeckvalleij Landgoed were advertised
forR36 000-R70 000!
Altogether there are 42 chairs in the mu-
seum and there is one for YOU.
You can choose one of six bentwood chairs
made in Vienna in the 1800s to sit on, leaf
through books, magazines and newspaper
cuttings and find out fascinating facts
about the history of the town and its sur-
rounds; the beginning and the end of the
Prince Albert Gold Fields for example, or
the Ladies' Shooting Club, and lots more...
(Reference: Prince Albert at the foot of the
Swartberg, History Calendar 1762-1995,
compiled by Frieda Haak)
Januarie 2010
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Prince Albert Tourism Overview 2009
Tourism Office officials assisted by local Police officers hosted a Welcome Campaign in December
-Zelia Mullins-
The Tourism Office had its fair share
of upheaval during 2009 what with
Zelia resigning as manager of the office
and then returning to take up the same
position later in the year; Chantelle bat-
tling with gallstones during her preg-
nancy and then going off to have her
baby; and poor Annelien thrown into the
deep end so soon after matriculating
from Hoerskool Zwartberg! However,
we survived the turbulence and stand
ready to greet whatever 2010 sends our
way. Here are some of the tourism high-
lights of 2009.
SA Host Training Workshop
On 15 and 16 April 2009 Annelien
Minnies, Tourism Office; Christelene
Kammies, Gay's Dairy; Stephney
Hendriks, Prince of Africa; Lydia Louw
& Desmond Williams, Swartberg Hotel;
Desiree Delport, Onse Rus Guesthouse
and Sarie September, Koggelmander, as
well as delegates from Beaufort- West,
Laingsburg and Murraysburg participated
in the SA Host Training workshop held
in Prince Albert.
This workshop aims to develop service
excellence skills and promotes a culture
of customer service in South Africa. All
tourism office employees now sport SA
Host lapel pins which identify us as SA
Hosts and as individuals who have made
a commitment to provide excellent service
and hospitality. Annelien has also visited
a number of member businesses over the
last couple of months to learn firsthand
from the members about their core busi-
ness operations and will continue with
these visits this year.
Tourist Benches
Prince Albert Tourism purchased eight
benches of re-cycled plastic which have
been placed by the Prince Albert Munici-
pality at strategic locations in town to best
serve the community. These benches were
funded by the Central Karoo District Mu-
nicipality as part of the sponsorship money
for the 2008 Olive Festival.
Olive Festival
The highlight of the 2009 Prince Albert
Town & Olive Festival held on the week-
end of 1 and 2 May was definitely the
breathtaking acrobatics and high wire an-
tics of the South African National Circus
School and the JazzArt Dance Company's
street procession of the animal puppets
made by the town's children, culminating
in a dance performance that held its audi-
ence spellbound.
Both these events have had wonderful
spin-offs for Prince Albert - the Circus
School came back to Prince Albert during
the July school holidays to hold a circus
training school for the town's children.
Fifty children attended the training ses-
sions every day for a week, where they
were taught various circus skills includ-
ing juggling and trapeze and acrobatic
skills and just as important, they also
learned the value of discipline, dedica-
tion, hard work and team spirit.
And the JazzArt group will return to
Prince Albert this year, from 22 February
to 6 March, to host a workshop where
local children are taught to make masks
and life-size puppets once again culmi-
nating in a spectacular parade through
Prince Albert and a "grand finale"
concert at the Odendaal Stadium coincid-
ing this year with the first "Prince Albert
Festival" taking place from Friday,
5 March to Sunday, 7 March 2010.
Tourism Indaba
Michael Upton represented Prince Albert
Tourism at the Tourism Indaba in Dur-
ban held during May 2009. The Cape
Karoo stand comprised the towns of
Prince Albert, Beaufort West, Laings-
burg, Murraysburg and Matjiesfontein
and although the stand was very much a
joint effort, Prince Albert stole the show.
Tour operators were astounded with what
we had to offer and they swarmed our
stall to taste our wines, cheeses, fruits,
olive products and to learn more about
the activities that we offer. As part of
their Indaba marketing campaign, the
Central Karoo District Municipality
produced a DVD featuring all the Cape
Karoo towns. Johannes Jonkers, Re-
gional Tourism Officer of the Cape Ka-
roo region has kindly provided us with a
copy of the DVD for each of our paid-up
members. We are currently in the proc-
ess of distributing the DVD.
Our New Committee
Our AGM was held in August and we
bid farewell to outgoing chair, Bokkie
Botha and EXCO members, Charles
Roux and Mark Steyn at the same time
welcoming on board the new chair, Di
Steyn and EXCO members, Elise Sene-
kal and Linda Jaquet. The priority of the
new executive committee was to improve
(Continued on p 20)
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January 2010
(Tourism Overview... Continued from p 19)
relations with our local municipality and
secure funding for the Tourism office.
Significant in-roads have been achieved
with the assistance of the new municipal
manager, Juanita Fortuin. We now have
regular municipal attendance and Edwin
September, municipal representative,
Willem Jansen, council representative
and Pedro Oliphant, IDP coordinator
were nominated to serve on the Tourism
EXCO and attend our monthly EXCO
meetings which has resulted in better
communication and relations.
Saturday Market
The Tourism Office has taken over the
running of the Saturday Market and we
are very pleased with the increase in
number of regular stallholders and visi-
tors alike. The Tourism Office has pur-
chased colourful table cloths and tables,
chairs and umbrellas are arranged in the
centre of the market each week for visi-
tors to enjoy country life at its best!
The Tourism Office has applied to the
municipality for the upgrade of the mar-
ket facility and John Whitton has drawn-
up the plans for nine additional perma-
nent stalls to be erected similar to the
three already in use. We hope to have a
response from the municipality before
the end of January so that the new stalls
can be erected in the next few weeks.
Festivals and Visitors
A very successful Harvest Festival was
held in the "markie" on 21 November
2009 and this is sure to become a regular
event on the Prince Albert events calen-
dar. Due to the success of the Harvest
Festival, we have decided to hold a simi-
lar "Summer Fruits Festival" in February
when fruits such as grapes, prickly pears,
figs, pomegranates etc are in abundance.
We also had a record number of stalls,
including crafters from Leeu-Gamka
participating in the Christmas Market on
12 December 2009.
We had a number of groups visit Prince
Albert which made a significant contri-
bution to the economy of the town i.e.
Rally to Read, Arno Botha cycle tour,
Cape Pioneer Trek and the RSG 4x4
Gallery (%e
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Great food, Great service, Great Ambieece
We cater for all tastes using the freshest ingredients including local figs,
cheese^ creani, honey ? lamb, game, chicken and vegetables.
Desserts include beautiful Belgian chocolate,
a selection of homemade ice creams & sorbets amongst others.
There are Daily changes to our Menu.
Starters R30 - R45
Mains R75 - R120
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Licensed. Visa & Mastercards accepted. Unlicensed
Children welcome
Open 7 nights a week from 19h00
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group. The good news is that all these
groups will be visiting Prince Albert again
this year.
Training
Two Grade 12 Tourism students, Wille-
miena Malan and Andrew Miljiet at Hoer-
skool Zwartberg responded to our invita-
tion to receive training at the Tourism Of-
fice on Saturday mornings. This training is
sure to prove invaluable to them when they
leave school at the end of 2010 as they are
receiving wonderful exposure to English
and also learning about their town, its
many attractions and how to deal with visi-
tors. We hope to continue with their train-
ing and include enrol more students in the
programme during 2010.
Welcome Campaign
Prince Albert Tourism participated in the
annual CTRU (Cape Town Routes Unlim-
ited) Welcome Campaign on 18 December
2009. Vehicles entering and leaving
Prince Albert were stopped by local Police
officers at Albert's Mill and were then
either welcomed or thanked for visiting
Prince Albert by the tourism office staff.
Our mayor, Cllr Benjamin, took 15 min-
utes out of her busy schedule to join us in
welcoming visitors to town.
The aim of the Welcome Campaign is to
welcome visitors to the sights and tastes of
the Western Cape, in our case Prince Al-
bert, giving them information to entice
them to explore the uniqueness we as a
destination have to offer. The support
from our members was overwhelming and
we would like to thank the following busi-
nesses: Central Karoo District Municipal-
ity; Lah-di-dah; Onse Rus Guesthouse;
African Relish; Prince Albert Post Office;
PA Motors; Kleinerus Guest Cottage;
Aardvark Guest Cottage; Pep Stores;
Astro Tours; Renu-Karoo; Koggelman-
der; Home Hardware and CTRU.
Conclusion
I would like to end by saying that even
though tourism experienced a turbulent
2009 we managed to achieve a lot and we
look forward to enjoying some of the rip-
ples that the 2010 FIFA World Cup is sure
to create!
Januarie 2010
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21
An Ionan Sojourn
A Celtic Cross on lona
- Ailsa Tudhope -
Some years ago I came across the
lona books of Christian prayers,
daily readings and meditations, whose
origins lay in the lona Community. This
ecumenical Christian movement was
founded during the depression in 1938 by
George MacLeod, then a parish minister
in the poorest area of Glasgow. Young
ministers in training and unemployed
men worked from the 1930s to the 1960s
to rebuild the Benedictine Abbey on
lona, and in doing so discovered a com-
mon life together.
There has been a Christian presence on
lona since 563 AD, Saint Columba estab-
lished a monastery which was destroyed
by Viking raiders in the 9th century. By
the 12th century Benedictine monks had
built an Abbey there but the Scottish
Reformation of 1560 put an end to their
presence. Yet the island retained its iden-
tity as a sacred place and the 20th cen-
tury rebuilding has resulted in it once
more becoming a site for pilgrims and
seekers after spiritual values. Current
visitors to the Abbey and the MacLeod
Centre on lona range from 9 to 90 year
olds from all over the world. Each week
about a hundred arrive to experience a
week living, worshiping and working as
members in community.
The permanent staff of 23 and up to 30
volunteers clean and maintain the build-
ings, cook meals, provide music and ar-
range and conduct services, run the shop,
craft room and administration and wel-
come their guests who share these tasks, go
on a pilgrimage round the island, attend a
Ceilidh, sail to Staff a (inspiration for Men-
delssohn's Fingal's Cave Overture), attend
"Big Sings" and workshops, and share in
the twice daily services in the Abbey.
As I planned a trip to England to visit my
daughter I hoped to spend a week on lona
but discovered that I might volunteer to
work there and with the encouragement of
Andrew, the Albert College family and the
congregation at St John's I sent in an appli-
cation and was accepted to work in the
lona Community office for seven weeks.
lona is a remote island. I travelled by train
from Glasgow to Oban, meeting seven
other volunteers en route. We took the
ferry to Craignure on Mull, boarded a bus
for the drive along the single lane track to
Ffinnaphort (highland cattle, sheep and
pedestrians have right of way but motorists
need to be aware that the bus does not rec-
ognise them!) and then boarded a ferry for
lona, which we could see, just across the
Sound.
The Volunteer Co-ordinator was there to
meet us and took us on a whistle- stop tour
of the Abbey, Welcome Centre and
MacLeod Centre, leaving us with an hour
to unpack in our dormitories before joining
the staff and current guests at supper. I
shared a five bed dorm with an Argentin-
ean teenager, an American and an English
girl who had both just graduated and a re-
tired school teacher. Two other dorms, a
common room, kitchenette and two bath-
rooms made up the "vollies"' accommoda-
tion. Meals were shared around tables for
eight, in the MacLeod Common Room
with 45 guests and 10 permanent staff
members, the others being based at the
Abbey which accommodates another 50
guests.
At 9.00pm we attended our first evening
service in the Abbey, each evening brings
an opportunity for embracing the space
God gives us in the created world. The
services blend the familiar and the inno-
vate, encouraging participation, using
every day language and experience and
drawing on the music and prayers of the
world Church and the folk traditions of
Scotland. So we travelled through a
weekly cycle of Gathering Space, Quiet
Space, World Space, Healing Space,
Creative Space, Table Space (Holy Com-
munion) and Inner Space.
The following morning saw us in church
again for the daily Morning Service
which ends with everyone going out to
their places of work. Mine was the recep-
tion in the Welcome Centre and Book-
shop. Four days after I arrived, Cath-
erine, the permanent staff member in
reception, went on two weeks leave; it's
a good job I'm a fast learner! I found the
work most rewarding, I met just about
everyone who came to the island, got to
know some of the islanders and was in-
volved in general administration, prepar-
ing material for services and handling
queries.
The lona Abbey Community works
alongside the lona Island Community,
which is made up of 130 people, mostly
crofters (farmers) and guest house own-
ers. During my visit the two communities
gathered every week for a Ceilidh with
Scottish dancing and storytelling; for a
wonderful bonfire and firework display
on a beach on Guy Fawkes Night; for tea
at one of the hotels before it closed for
the season and some of us joined the is-
landers to remove the village hall ceiling
in preparation for installing a new one.
The islanders worship at the local Pres-
byterian Church, joining the Abbey con-
gregation for special events such as Har-
vest Festival, when the eight young
school children performed a play and
dressed the altar with lobster creels, nets,
fleeces and vegetables, reflecting the
variety of the local harvest.
It is possible to see the whole beautiful
island from Dun I, the hill behind the
Abbey. Sandy bays, pebble beaches,
marshes, high cliffs, rugged rock faces
and the common grazing land called the
Machair provide wonderful contrasts for
walkers. There are few cars on the island,
a couple of golf carts and only one road.
(Continued on p 22)
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January 2010
(Ionan Sojourn... Continued from p 21)
One of my favourite walks was to the
Bay at the Back of the Ocean with its
pebble strewn beach. The peace was
palpable and I found it strange to have
travelled so far just to discover tranquil-
lity akin to that of Prince Albert.
The extremes of weather were magnifi-
cent. I experienced sunny, balmy days
when the sea looked like a turquoise
lake, raging gales which prevented the
ferry from leaving port, quick squalls
with their inevitable rainbows and ice
cold nights as November arrived.
The hospitality was all-encompassing,
we became part of the community and
were able to share our faith, work and
lives with people from many traditions:
Presbyterian, Methodist, Roman Catho-
lic, Quaker and Anglican from the UK,
Canada, the USA, Malawi, Argentina,
Slovakia, New Zealand, Australia and
yes, even a lady from Potchefstroom via
Canada - what a surprise it was for us to
find ourselves speaking Afrikaans on
Iona.
It is a tradition, come rain or shine, for
the entire staff and volunteer group to
accompany guests directly from a Leav-
ing Service to the ferry to send them off
with a Mexican wave as they head
across the Sound to Mull.
As I took that voyage away from the
island I looked back with my "vollie"
friends on the assembled staff seeing us
off. I don't know if I will ever return to
Iona but my time there has enhanced my
spiritual life and I have brought ideas
and resources home which I hope will
be a blessing to St John's and Prince
Albert. Living in community isn't al-
ways easy; I found it both a challenging
and enriching experience. I shall con-
tinue to revisit my memories, turning
them over in my mind, like the colourful
pebbles I brought home from that distant
beach at the back of the ocean, which
lie, cool and smooth, in my hand.
ABSA verbind tot klien-
te-diens
- Henriette Liebenberg -
Die plaaslike ABSA-tak is vas van
plan om 2010 gehalte diens aan die
dorp te lewer. Dit volg op groot ontwrig-
ting verlede jaar toe die enkele OTM gedu-
rig buite werking was. Streekbe-stuurder
Benita Jeffrey het aan die Vriend gese be-
ne wens die aanstelling van 'n nuwe takbe-
stuurder, is verskeie ander maatreels inge-
stel om gehaltediens te verseker.
'n Tweede OTM is einde verlede jaar gein-
stalleer, asook 'n kragopwekker, sodat
normale diens gelewer kan word gedu-
rende kragonderbrekings. 'n Ervare per-
soon in kliente-diens, Stephanie Jacobs, is
ook 1 Januarie aangestel om voortaan alle
navrae te hanteer.
Die nuwe takbestuurder, Conrad Erasmus
van Oudtshoorn, sal sy nuwe pos vanaf
1 Februarie beklee.
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Januarie 2010
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23
Vanuit Huis Kweekvallei....
- Magriet Engelbrecht -
Hier aan die begin van 2010, wil ons
graag op hierdie manier 'n paar
"gevleuelde woorde" van dank uitspreek
teenoor elkeen wat gedurende 2009, op
welke wyse ookal, betrokke was by die
doen en late van Huis Kweekvallei.
Danksy die hulp vanuit ons gemeenskap,
was ons in staat om die volgende uiters
suksesvolle Fonds-insamelingsprojekte te
loods:
• Die Olyffees stalletjie (waar ons stal-
letjie aangewys is as die beste kos-
stalletjie danksy Huis Kweek-vallei
se puik sagopoeding en kerrie en
rys!!), waar ons die pragtige bedrag
van R12 848 ingesamel het.
• Die Straatmark Basaar met 'n inkom-
stevanR23 041.
Verskeie kleiner markies is ook gehou,
wat ons in staat stel om vir ons inwoners,
asook ander eensames en minderbe-
voorregtes, 'n Kerspartytjie te hou en
geskenkies te gee.
Hiermee dan ons opregte dank en waar-
dering:
• Aan almal wat donasies in kontant
(R13 272); asook
• Groente; Vrugte; ander produkte;
komberse; linne en klere gemaak het;
• Aan elkeen wat vleis geskenk het vir
ons Olyffees stalletjie en Basaar;
• Aan almal wat hard gehelp en gewerk
het om van ons Fondsinsamelings-
projekte 'n sukses te maak;
• Aan die wat bereid was om te kollek-
teer vir ons Funksies - en sommer so
'n paar lyste volgemaak het!! Ons
waardeer dit opreg.
• Aan u wat bydraes tot ons Kerspak-
kie-projek gemaak het: Dit word baie
waardeer. Ons inwoners het heerlik
partytjie gehou op 15 Desember,
saam met ander bejaardes uit ons
gemeenskap.
• Ons is baie dankbaar vir die pragtige
nuwe TV wat geskenk is vir die Te-
nuis, asook vir die dames wat gereeld
vir ons inwoners DVDs kom wys.
• Ons wil ook graag die donateurs, wat
ons voorsien het van 'n BAIE GROOT
hoeveelheid wegdoenbare doeke
(R20 514) vir ons Staatspensioenarisse,
baie opreg bedank. Hierdie skenking is
veral vir ons baie waardevol, aangesien
die Staatspensioenarisse nie die doeke
kan bekostig nie, en die Tehuis dus die
onkoste daarvan moet dra.
We would also like to extend a HUGE
THANK YOU to the ladies of the Thurs-
day Group for their involvement with the
residents of Huis Kweekvallei. Thank you
for caring, and helping them to develop
their mental skills, as well as keeping their
bodies fighting fit with the exercises ! ! !
Dan is daar ook elkeen van u wat stil-stil u
deel vir ons Tehuis doen: Baie dankie!!
Al gaan dit so stilletjies, kan u seker wees
dat ons dit raaksien en baie waardeer. Ons
wil u as die vriende van Huis Kweekvallei
'n wonderlike 2010 toewens!
Ten slotte net die volgende gedagte:
"Vriende is soos onsigbare engele wat ons
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January 2010
Give the Poor Tortoise a Drink!
- Hugh Forsyth -
The other day I was in the company
of some good citizens of Prince
Albert, eating dry bread and drinking tap
water, when tortoise rescue stories
started cropping up. Many folks had an-
ecdotes about how they had found a large
tortoise - bergskilpad - you see, wander-
ing down Klipstraat, caught in the gutter,
trapped in a fence, or in some other way
at a loss.
Then they had loaded up the noble tor-
toise into the back of a vehicle and drove
it back to its natural habitat - a barren
and parched piece of veldt. The poor
tortoise, maybe forty or fifty years old
and weighing about twenty kilograms,
arrived where it had started before,
thirsty tired and very irritated. And the
tortoise said: "Ag my lie we land! Hier
het ek gister begin". (Alle bergskilpaaie
is Afrikaans sprekend, onthou dit.) "Nou
moet ek dorptoe stap om water te gaan
soek, en dit is te ver".
My good neighbour, Val van der Riet,
told me recently that she had found a big
round tortoise in her back yard. Val has
an unblemished record of nursing and
caring and immediately recognised the
need of the distressed creature. She gave
the thirsty tortoise dish after dish of wa-
ter which the grateful wanderer slurped
up until it had almost exhausted her six
free kiloliters, then thankful and replete,
strode back up Gordon Koppie for the
enduring edification and amusement of
visitors and residents alike.
Recently Mr Canning did the good deed
of taking a tortoise off the street and back
to the veldt. For this good and possibly
misguided act of charity, the tortoise
urinated all over his pants. Tortoises have
their own way of expressing displeasure.
If you find a bergskilpad in town, before
you do the Good Samaritan act, give the
poor creature a drink. That's what it
came for.
Rose-Marie and
Heinrich Promise
to Return
ose-Marie Ewerts and her son, Heinrich,
^bade a sad farewell to Prince Albert in
December. Originally from Oudtshoorn,
Rose-Marie said that she was sad to leave a
town that had opened its hearts to her and
shown warmth and hospitality to her and her
son through good and bad times for almost
eight years. "We will always have a special
place for Prince Alberters. Thank you all for
your friendship and your support!"
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Ratepayers Relaunched
Hugh Forsyth
I n 8 December 2009 the long dor-
mant Prince Albert Ratepayers'
Association (RPA) was relaunched at a
well attended meeting in the SPS Luttig
Hall at the showgrounds.
Johan Senekal chaired the meeting and
after giving some background to the pre-
vious Ratepayers' Association said that it
was generally accepted that there was a
need for property/home owners to have a
voice in matters that concern them in the
running of the town, hence the renewed
interest in the RPA. The Chamber of
Commerce represents business interests
and the RPA would represent property/
home owners and residents.
Senekal explained that in order to vote in
a new committee the constitution of the
association required paid-up member-
ship. This requirement resulted in hasty
payments with volunteers taking in
money and writing out receipts and those
who had left their purses at home bor-
rowing twenty bucks from whom they
could. In short time over forty ratepayers
were eligible to vote.
Nominations for office bearers were
taken and the formalities of voting and
counting followed. The new RPA com-
mittee comprises Andre Jaquet - chair-
man, Hugh Forsyth - vice chairman,
Andre Goosen - secretary, Barbara Cas-
tle - treasurer, with Stephan Schoeman,
Willem Hinkman and Johan Senekal as
committee members.
Since then the committee has met twice
to discuss operating objectives and func-
tions, and will keep Prince Albert resi-
dents informed of progress and matters
of interest by means of regular articles in
the Friend.
Belastingbetalersvereniging onder sterk leiding
- Denise Ohlson -
Andre Jaquet, afgetrede maar hoogs
gesoute diplomaat, is pas verkies tot
voorsitter van die Prince Albert Belas-
tingbetalersvereniging.
Met gepaste insig se hy: "Ek weet daar
was al verskeie pogings om weer 'n be-
lastingbetalersvereniging op dreef te kry,
maar ek het groot hoop vir die toekoms.
Vorige pogings het moontlik gefaal om-
dat persoonlikhede gebots het. Ek en my
kommitee is egter reeds aan die werk in
'n gesindheid van konsensus en deursig-
tigheid. Ons wil verteenwoor-digend
wees en die hele gemeenskap betrek."
Wat Andre bemoedig is dat die munisi-
paliteit se Raad en munisipale bestuurder
vatbaar is vir 'n verhouding van same-
werking eerder as konflik.
Hy beklemtoon: "Ons vereniging is 'n
waghond wat gaan sorg dat die mense
van Prince Albert die heel, heel beste
diens kry. Elke persoon wat byvoorbeeld
vir water en elektrisiteit betaal, gee geld
aan die munisipaliteit en daardie fondse
moet tot voordeel van die hele dorp be-
stuur word."
Hy beklemtoon dat dit nie goed genoeg is
dat raadslede net elke vyf jaar uitgestem
kan word as hulle nie presteer nie. Deur
by die belastingbetalersvereniging aan te
sluit, verwerf jy 'n stem om geskilpunte
dadelik aan te spreek.
Onder leiding van 'n man wat geskool is
om te onderhandel, te konsulteer, te be-
raadslaag en te oortuig, gaan daar hard
gewerk word om van Prince Albert 'n
ware suksesdorp te maak.
Om aan te sluit by die Belastingbetalers-
vereniging kos net R20. Skakel Barbara
Castle by 023 541 1613 om lid te word.
Die vereniging kom die eerste Dinsdag
van elke maand om 09h00 byeen by Pas-
toriestraat 21. Alle lede is welkom om
die vergaderings by te woon.
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January 2010
100% op 100
William Moses, distrikleier van die Nuwe Apostoliese Kerk, het al die pad van Worcester gekom;
Heinrich Esterhuysen het namens die Prince Albert Mu nisi pal iteit blomme gebring en Pieter Kamfer
het as gemeenteleier al die toutjies getrek om van Maggie Hendriks se honderdste
verjaarsdag 'n viering te maak wat sy nooit sal vergeet nie.
Denise Ohlson
Maggie Hendriks, gebore Jacobs in
die Murraysburg distrik, het op 1
Januarie 2010 haar honderdste
verjaarsdag gevier saam met vriende en
familie in die Sydwell Williams
Sentrum in Prince Albert. Die
geleentheid is geborg deur die
munisipaliteit en daar is vir 80 mense 'n
heerlike tweegang maaltyd voorgesit.
Maggie het pragtig gelyk in haar groen
rok en kleurryke krale. Sy is 'n vrolike
mens wat nog lekker kan gesels, goed
hoor en sien, met haar eie stel pragtige
tande glimlag. Al kan sy nie meer loop
nie, kla sy nie. Sy het 'n rolstoel en haar
mense kyk mooi na haar. Boonop eet sy
nog graag en lekker!
Maggie se man Piet en haar enigste seun
het haar al ontval, maar haar dogter, sewe
kleinkinders, vyftien agterklein-kinders
en een agter-agterkleinkind (wat pas een
jaar oud geword het) hou haar goed aan
die gang.
Sy bly al by die dertig jaar in Prince
Albert en voel tevrede en geborge hier.
Sy is 'n lid van die Nuwe Apostoliese
Kerk en gemeenteleier Pieter Kamfer sorg
dat sy gereeld by haar huis met Nagmaal
bedien word en daaroor is sy baie
dankbaar. Pieter wil burgemeester
Magdalena Benjamin en haar Raad
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Brian, Jill and staff wish all their loyal clients
a successful and prosperous New Year.
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Januarie 2010
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Ster-student in Kerngeneeskunde
Alicia van Zyl
- Denise Ohlson -
Alicia van Zyl, dogter van Anna en
Johan van Zyl en oud-leerder van
Hoerskool Zwartberg, hou Prince
Albert se naam hoog daar in Tygerberg
Hospitaal. Sy het pas begin met BTech
Kerngeneeskunde nadat sy einde 2009
haar Nasionale Diploma in Kern-
geneeskunde met vlieende vaandels
behaal het by die Cape Peninsula
University of Technology.
Haar dosent by die Skool vir Radiolo-
gic, Thea Eiselen, beskou haarself as
"bevoorreg" om so 'n spesiale "ster-
student" te kon gehad het.
"Ten spyte van 'n groot beproewing
met haar broer se ontydige dood tydens
haar eerste jaar, het Alicia net sterk bly
staan," prys sy. "Alicia is 'n ongeloof-
lik standvastige en gemotiveerde stu-
dent wat die gawe het om haar oor-
tuigings oor te dra aan mede-student en
medemens. Sy weet verseker wat sy
wil he en doen alles in haar vermoe om
dit te kry. Sy is 'n wonderlike voor-
beeld van 'n gebalanseerde jongmens.
Niks is ooit te veel moeite nie en 'n
mens kan altyd op haar staatmaak."
Alicia het in al drie haar studiejare uit-
stekend gevaar, beide akademies en
prakties. Me Eiselen is oortuig dat
BTech nie die einde van haar pad in die
professie sal wees nie.
Die amper tasbare empatie wat sy vir
haar pasiente toon en die feit dat sy hul
belange so op die hart dra, gee haar 'n
baie spesiale plekkie in baie mense se
lewens. Sy is 'n populere en lojale
vriendin en Tygerberg hospitaal het al
amper haar tuiste geword!
Hierdie dogter van Prince Albert gaan
nog berge verskuif . . . 'n doktorsgraad is
haar ideaal! Vir haar geld die mooi
spreuk: We make a living by what we
get, but we make a life by what we
give.
Prince Albert vier Fees
- Henriette Liebenberg -
'n Nuwe fees word vanjaar op die dorp gehou. Die Prince Albert-fees word vanaf
5 tot 7 Maart gehou en is 'n viering van dit wat die dorp het om te bied.
Dit is 'n gesamentlike poging deur die Munisipaliteit en Toerismevereniging om
geld in te samel vir die Burgemeesters Beursfonds. Die fonds is daarop gemik om
jong mense vaardighede te leer en verder te help studeer.
Die hoogtepunt van die fees is 'n parade en optrede deur die JazzArt Dansteater.
Daar gaan ook stalletjies, 'n pretloop en 'n Swartberg Myl vir ervare drawwers
wees.
Stalletjies vir inwoners kos R50 en besprekings kan gedoen word by die Toerisme
Kantoor. Vir verdere inligting skakel (023) 541 1366 of stuur 'n e-pos aan prince-
alberttourism@intekom.co.za Edwin September, die feeskoordineerder, kan ook
op (023) 541 1320 gekontak word.
FOR SALE
second-hand
SAMSUNG FAX/PHONE/COPIER
This neat desktop machine is of sturdy de-
sign in matt black. With only one careful
owner it is in pristine condition, absolutely
reliable and easy to use. Just plug in a
Telkom phone line and away you go!
It boasts a 98-number auto dialler and the
digital answering machine can store up to 30
minutes worth of voice messages. The fax
section has a delayed transmission facility,
and prints receipts of faxes sent. And it can
also be used as a personal copier for any A4-
size printed material. Unusual features in-
clude a world-time clock and a fast-playback
option. The user can play back the re-
cording, and access pretty well all of the
machine's main functions remotely, via a
touch-tone phone.
It comes with its original manual, one-plug
cable and three FREE fax rolls all for just
K475.
TARGUS CARRY BAG
as new
Here is the perfect carry bag you've always
wanted! It has cushioned storage for a
(12" screen) notebook/computer in a stylish
design with solid rubber corners. It has a
moulded handle for maximum comfort plus
an easy-fit boomerang shoulder strap. This
natty case also has an expanding A4-size file
section, a large front accessory pocket, a
second inner storage compartment for leads
and cables, plus a secure external document
pocket. And all yours for just RI45!
Contact the seller, Barbara Castle,
at 35 Mark Street, Prince Albert
or by phone on 023 5411 613
or mobile 083 703 425235
Small Ads
COMPUTER FOR SALE
Desktop with MS Office, printer,
manuals, etc. Ideal for student or
learner. Seller will deliver and set up.
Only R600. Tel 023 5411384
TRAILER FOR HIRE
4m x 2m wide flatbed,
max load 1 .5 tons
Contact Richard : 082 801 4897
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Cool Karoo Cooking Classes
Andre Jaquet
African Relish Recreational Cooking
School has had the brilliant idea of
combining forces with others in our vil-
lage to provide courses to all who want
to learn more of the secrets of good
cooking. For their December master
class, the idea was that the traditional hot
turkey and flaming Christmas pudding
might be delicious on a cold winter day
in the Northern Hemisphere but that
something else would be more suitable in
the Karoo.
So, in mid-December African Relish's
resident chef, Vanie Padayachee and
another of our celebrity chefs, Bokkie
Botha, hosted a course on how best to
prepare a Karoo Christmas dinner worthy
of such an important time of the year.
The response was good and on the ap-
pointed day ten of us from all over South
Africa met over a light lunch and spent
the afternoon learning about basic kitchen
skills. I was fascinated by the demonstra-
tion of knife skills which turn out to be one
of the key ingredients in preparing a meal
that looks as good as it tastes. Later, Col-
leen Penfold gave us very imaginative
ideas of how to decorate the table for spe-
cial occasions
The next morning was spent at Gay's
Dairy and at the local Saturday market
selecting the best and freshest produce for
a Karoo Christmas dinner. We then re-
turned to the kitchen where we started pre-
paring that evening's dinner. Never in a
thousand years did I expect to see earnest
faces and hear people expressing them-
selves in a whole range of noises, from
squeals of delight to angry cursing.
Normally restrained folk were going
through quite unimaginable contortions,
trying to de-bone, prepare and braai butter-
flied legs of lamb. At the same time we
were expected to be making and grilling
traditional roosterkoek. Just try doing
that while also making ricotta cheese
from scratch, preparing a hot tomato
sauce and aubergine rolls with courgette,
peppers and Ricotta cheese.
As always, contrasts are a daily feature
of life in Prince Albert and on a counter
close to the hot ovens we attempted to
produce freezing chocolate, coffee and
nougat semifredo desserts and cutting ten
different types of fruit for a truly differ-
ent fruit salad. More than one of us was
caught wiping sweaty foreheads with the
muslin bag that had just made the ricotta!
Our real reward came when we sat down
and the food we had made tasted so fresh
and original and quite out of this world.
It certainly gave me an idea of what goes
on behind the scenes at quiet and serene
good restaurants. As I looked at my co-
chefs, I swear I heard the unspoken
words: "Move over Jamie Oliver: here
we come!"
Renu-karoo
Veld Restoration CC
♦ Indigenous Karoo seeds, trees,
shrubs, succulents
♦ Specialist botanical and
ecological assessments
♦ Nature walks
♦ Compost, herbs
Sue and Richard Dean
Tel 828, Cell 082 7700206
PBnukaroo@gmail.corn
www.nanu-karoo.co.za
Cape Nature grower permit 241-01300
Enjoy a true country atmosphere
at our farmstall located at the foot of the
Swartberg Mountains.
We offer comfort food, good coffee,
selection of teas, freshly baked cakes,
homemade lemonade & gingerbeer,
pickles & jams, homegrown olives
and a wide variety of gifts.
Breakfast and light lunches served.
All major credit cards accepted.
Lah-di-dah... .Country life starts here!
6a Church Street, Prince Albert PO Box 181,
Prince Albert, 6930, Tel/Fax: 023 5411 846
We will be closed from 1-14 February 2010
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Christmas Cheer for our Children
The Thursday Group prepares packs of sweets
Abbie Leeraar -
As the 500-odd young children sup-
ported by the BADISA soup kitchen
lined up outside the Baptist Church hall in
North End one morning in December last
year with their caretakers, they had no
idea what was in store for them inside.
Nor did the many curious onlookers who
gathered around to see what was happen-
ing at the hall.
Apools, the church caretaker, along with
Ben of Neighbourhood Watch and even
the police were on hand to make sure that
all went smoothly and according to
plan. Meanwhile, inside the hall the la-
dies of the Thursday Group had been busy
preparing for the Christmas Party with
which they were going to surprise the
children. It took a while before all the
The children's excitement was infectious
children were inside and seated in their
different groups, but once everybody
had their place, the festivities began.
Delene Coetzee had kindly lent us her
Christmas tree for the occasion and as
it shone in the sunlight and set the
mood, the children listened in awe as
Melissa from BADISA explained to
them why they were there and what
awaited them for the next two hours.
Brian Finch started the fun by singing
"Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" and
once everybody (including lone Au-
erswald!) was clapping and singing
along, Bodo Toelstede dressed in his
clown costume, performed some
amazing feats of magic and other
tricks.
All the activity made people hungry,
so next on the agenda were hotdogs
(thanks to the O.K. Bazaars for
donating the rolls), cooldrink, and
ice-cream.
Refreshed, the next thing that hap-
pened was the appearance of Father
Christmas (alias Jeffrey Armoed of the
Municipality). Angela Ashworth had
managed to track him down and per-
suaded him to give of his time and
energy to the party.
Dressed in the red suit with all the
trimmings he did a really wonderful
(Continued on p 36)
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f n Guide Geleentheid!
Sammy Delport
Al is u hoe oud, dit is nooit te laat
om te begin leer nie. Ken u ie-
mand wat nie kan lees of skryf nie?
Moedig die persoon aan om by ons eie
ALOE Community Learning Centre
(CLC) te kom leer. By Aloe CLC kan
enige persoon kom leer om te lees en
skryf. Die ABET (Adult Basic Educati-
on and Training) bied klasse aan wat
spesifiek op volwassenes gemik is. Die
persoon leer in 'n omgewing waar hy
ondersteun word en geen rede het om
skaam of bang te voel nie.
Het u dalk voor Graad 12 (matriek) die
skool verlaat? Kom skryf u matriek by
Aloe. Maak 2010 die jaar waar u drome
bewaarheid gaan word. Die klasse is
klein en u kry persoonlike aandag van
gekwalifiseerde onderwysers.
Hierdie jaar soek Aloe CLC veral
mense wat hulle Graad 9 wil voltooi.
'n Graad 9 sertifikaat maak dit
moontlik om verder by tegniese
kolleges te gaan leer. Werkgewers,
moedig u personeel aan om ander
vaardighede aan te leer.
Miskien het u al matriek en selfs 'n
graad, maar u is bang vir n muis...
moenie vrees nie, in die pragtige reke-
naar lokaal by Prince Albert Primer
(met lugreeling!) gaan u sommer gou-
gou die rekenaar baas raak!
Al die klasse word in die middag of
aand by Prince Albert Primer aange-
bied. Die kurrikulum word deur die
WKOD voorsien en die kwali-fikasies
word deur UMALUSI uitge-reik, so u
is verseker van gehalte onderrig.
Boonop is dit spotgoedkoop, so sit af
die TV en maak 2010 u jaar van suk-
ses!
Moenie verder uitstel nie !
Bel vandag nog vir Dulcie Claassen by
023 5411774.
Traffic Offenders Beware
Linda Jaquet
The arrival of Susan Christiaans on
1 February will increase the
capacity of the Prince Albert Munici-
pality's traffic department. Ms Chris-
tiaans will be employed on contract
until the end of August, when four
recently appointed junior officials, cur-
rently undergoing training at the Gene
Louw Traffic Training College at
Brackenfell, will take up their duties in
the Municipal area.
The Prince Albert Municipality cur-
rently employs three traffic officials
who are responsible for policing the
Prince Albert Municipal area, covering
Klaarstroom, Leeu-Gamka, and Prince
Albert Road. This includes the Nl
national road.
In March, the traffic department will
move into what are now the BADISA
offices in the red brick building oppo-
site the OK Grocer. In its new prem-
ises the traffic department will be
authorised to hold learner driver's
licence tests and issue learner's li-
cences. The department will also re-
new driving and PDP licences.
There are plans for the building to be-
come the "transport hub" for the town.
It eventually will house the fire depart-
ment - the City of Cape Town has
loaned the Municipality a fire engine
and will train the officials who operate
it.
BOOK NEWS
Prince Albert Public Library
This book I recommend...
7\ Tight Music is the recently pub-
2. v lished sixth book of British au-
thor Jojo Moyes. A great story line
with credible characters and unusual
plot puts Moyes' book on par with
those of Maeve Binchy and
Rosamunde Pilcher.
"For her the house was a lifeline. For
him it was revenge..."" says the front
cover subtitle and that explains the
story rather well. The main "character"
in the book is a dilapidated lakeside
house in Norfolk, with a Georgian red-
brick facade and Moorish elements.
Not yet a ruin, it has mouldered into
dereliction through neglect when it
comes, unexpectedly, into the posses-
sion of Isabel and her two children.
Isabel is principal violinist with a pres-
tigious London orchestra, when her
French husband dies and leaves her "in
the cactus" so to speak. Unless Isabel
parts with her magnificent Guarneri
violin, the nanny, private schools and
their Maida Vale house must go. "I
don't do figures," Isabel announces
when confronted with a tottering pile
of unopened accounts. So it's up to her
efficient 15 -year-old daughter Kitty
and eight-year-old son, Thierry, mute
since his father's death, to sort things
out.
Meanwhile a local Norfolk family,
certain the house would be left to them,
are less than delighted at this turn of
events. Throw in Byron, a man with a
mysterious past and empty future,
along with Nicholas, a desperate devel-
oper and you have all the ingredients
for a great read.
Especially if you've ever had the build-
ers in...
Review by Barbara Castle-Farmer
Januarie 2010
Prinre Albert Urtenft
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Jason Claassen
4 September 1989 - 7 Januarie 2010
'n Rusie met die ma van sy tweejarige seun het
gelei tot die ontydige dood van Jason Claassen,
'n ster in die sportgemeenskap van Prince Albert.
Onder leiding van onderwyser Martin Davids is
Jason op 13 jaar al gekies vir die SWD-skole rug-
byspan en hy was ook 'n uitblinker in die 0/19
span. Jason sal onthou word as 'n toegewyde jong
man met sy pragtige glimlag en vriendelikheid.
- Alf Joubert -
Daar is 'n klop aan die deur en 'n
verwese figuur staan voor my. Ek
weet instinktief daar is fout, want die
man voor my ken ek as 'n immer glim-
laggende, vriendelike mens. Hy kom
gou uit met sy kwelling en dit roer my
tot in my binneste.
Daar was 'n woordewisseling en die
uiteinde was dat 'n geliefde seun gesterf
het.
"As hulle my net betyds laat weet het,
was hy nou nog met ons..." Die asse en
die miskiens borrel uit. Ek probeer ver-
staan, maar sien dit is nie die regte ver-
staan wat hy soek nie. Ek troos sover ek
kan en bied "menslike" hulp aan...
Dan, seker die seerste vraag wat wat
enige ouer ooit moet antwoord:
"Wanneer word jou kind begrawe?"
Daar is nog nie finaal besluit nie, maar
dit sal seker by die naweek wees, ons
moet nog alles by die "gate" regkry.
Die gate? Ja, die graf moet gegrawe
word. Moet julle dit dan self doen? Ja.
Ek is geskok, in my wereld werk dit al
lankal anders. Laat ons nie sommer die
oorskot veras op 'n onbepaalde tyd nie?
En dan, waneer dit ons "pas", hou ons 'n
"gedenkdiens". Daar en dan besluit ek
dat ek die teraardebestelling gaan by-
woon. Glad nie uit nuuskierigheid nie,
nee, ek wil weer by die mens van mens-
wees uitkom - as dit nog moontlik is?
Dit is tien minute voor die erediens be-
gin. Daar voor die skool kom die stoet
aan. Daar is voetgangers en voertuie.
Vinnig beweeg die roudiensgangers die
VGK in en kry hul sitplekke. Ons staan
soos een man op toe die oorskot van
Jason Claassen ingebring word.
Die kerk is stamp vol. Dit is 'n skroeiend
warm somermiddag. Ek besef dat ek by
die begrafnis is van iemand wat diep
spore in mense se harte getrap het. Die
hele rugbyspan is daar.
In die voorste ry sit Abraham Mars en
Christina Mars, sy grootmaakouers vir
bykans twintig jaar. Vir my voel dit of
elke siel in Noordend daar is om hulle te
ondersteun, hulle wat vir Jason van sy
eerste jaar af versorg en liefgehad het.
Sy pa, Johan Claassen van De Dooms, is
ook hier om te ondersteun en ondesteun-
ing te soek.
Die diens is klaar en ons beweeg uit,
iemand vra of ek "gate" toe gaan. Ja, ek
gaan. Ken ek die pad? Ja, ek stap saam.
Die wat motors het, bied nie 'n geleent-
heid aan nie, hulle lees my reg. Miskien,
net miskien, kom ek as 'n nuwe mens
terug van die "gate" af .
Dankie Jason, dat ek jou vir 'n paar uur
"geken" het. Hoe gelukkig het jy baie
ander gemaak toe jy gelewe het. In die
dood het jy vir my ook iets gegee en ek
bid dat die wat agterbly ook 'n duur les
geleer het.
Michael John Aggett
16 March 1946 - 1 December 2009
Michael Aggett passed away sud-
denly on 1 December. A retired
medical doctor, he and his wife, Mavis,
moved to Prince Albert just under two
years ago. Both, each in their quiet way,
immediately became involved in the life
of the town.
Six days before his death, Michael and
Mavis had returned from a memorable
trip to the USA. There, they visited one
of their five sons, his wife and their first
grandchildren - three-month old twins.
Michael loved the Karoo and a keen run-
ner, he could be spotted, usually at dusk,
jogging with an easy stride and lost in
thought through the town, along the out-
lying gravel roads and often on his fa-
vourite route on Waterkop.
Michael was a gentle, studious man, who
had a wide range of interests. He loved
gardening and at the time of his death,
was preparing research for his PhD in the
Department of History at the University
of Cape Town (UCT).
A Big Day for Michelle
in Saturday, 16 January 2010, the
Catholic Community of Prince
Albert celebrated the First Holy Com-
munion of its youngest parishioner, Mi-
chelle Mullins, at St John's Anglican
Church. Father David Dettmer from
Oudtshoorn conducted a beautiful service
to commemorate this important mile-
stone in the Catholic faith. The service
was well attended by family and friends
of various denominations, representing
the Catholic, Anglican, Methodist and
Dutch Reformed churches
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Ken Jouself Beter!
- Jacolise Botes -
Baie mense glo hulle is of v n introvert of
v n ekstrovert en dink dit is genoeg om te
se hulle ken en verstaan hulself; so ook
hulle lewensmaats, kollegas, kinder s,
vriende en familie. Uit hierdie verwys-
ingsraamwerk wil ons dan ook dikwels
ander voorse, kritiseer, vermaan of
beoordeel. Het u geweet dat v n introvert
ook v n baie spontane persoon kan wees,
en dat v n ekstrovert ook stil en ernstig
kan wees? Persoonlikheid of karakter-
trekke is baie meer omvattend as net 'n
eienskap van introversie of ekstroversie.
Die Almagtige Skepper het die mens so
uniek geskape dat daar altesaam 16 spe-
sifieke en gegronde Persoonlikheids-
groepe bestaan. Dit kan saam groepeer
word in vier Oorhoofse Persoonlik-
heidslyne. Interessant genoeg is elk van
hierdie vier Hooflyn persoonlikheids-
vorme tiperend van die skrywers in die
eerste vier Evangelieboeke van die
Bybel: Mattheus, Markus, Lukas en
Johannes.
Mense vra dikwels wat is die waarde daar-
van om v n professionele persoonlikheids-
assessering te laat doen. Daar is dan so
baie kitsmetodes. Anders as v n goedkoop
lukrake kitsmetode is die KTS II- model
ontwerp deur v n internasionaal bekende
Sielkundige, David Keirsey, wat oor v n
tydperk van 50 jaar menslike gedrag
bestudeer het.
Hierdie model gee v n korrekte weer-
spieeling van v n persoon se langtermyn
gedragskenmerke , terwyl ander dikwels net
die 'gevoel van die oomblik' vasvat en
weergee; of v n idee weergee van hoe die
persoon dink hy is, of dit wat hy graag wil
wees. Die vraagstelling in die assessering
is van so v n aard opgestel, dat sou v n per-
soon dalk v n meningsfout maak oor
homself, dit weer op een of ander wyse
gemeet word, om die antwoord korrek te
verkry.
Nog beter om te weet, is dat hierdie 16
persoonlikheidstipes soms vermeng om jou
eie spesifieke persoonlikheid of identiteit
te verklaar. En dan kom die lekker... jy
leer wat die ideale beroep vir jou sou wees,
of indien jy wel in v n spesifieke beroep is,
watter spesialiteit of 'nis' jy moet volg
om werksvervulling i.p.v werksfrustrasie
te ondervind.
Ook watter persoonlikheidsgroep die
ideale lewensmaat sal kan wees vir jou,
wat jou spesifieke plek of leierskapsrol in
v n groep moet wees; (almal van ons is
een of ander leier)- ook waarom jy on-
derpresteer in jou werk of skoollewe,
waarom daar dikwels konflik of prob-
leme in jou verhoudings is, en hoe om dit
reg te stel; hoe om mense binne jou ver-
houdingslewe beter te verstaan, en ook
waarom jy sekere gebeure op jou lewens-
pad ervaar as v n krisis en watter sterk
punte in jou is om dit positief te kan
oorwin.
Die Jungiaanse Sielkunde vind dat
getroude pare v n defnitiewe neiging toon
met sekere persoonlikhede wat na
mekaar aangetrek word, so ook in studies
oor huwelike wat die langste gehou het.
Ons natuurlike aantrekkingskrag is na v n
Persoonlikheidstipe wat ons dominante
persoonlikheidsfunksie deel, maar wat dit
in v n teenoorgestelde rigting gebruik.
(Vervolg op p 34)
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Nuwe Apostoliese Kerk saai mosterdsade
- Denise Ohlson -
Uit Kaapstad maak die Nuwe Apos-
toliese Kerk 'n dekade lank al
ernstig bemoeienis met hul gemeen-
telede hier in Prince Albert. En nie net
lidmate van die plaaslike gemeente word
bevoordeel deur die Silversands Distrik
van Kuilsrivier se twee-weeklikse be-
soeke nie: die hele dorp is altyd meer as
welkom om hul pragtige musiekuitvoe-
rings gratis by te woon.
Onder leiding van apostel Alistair Kriel
bring areakoordineerder Paul Williams
graag kore en orkeste na Prince Albert.
Hul mees onlangse besoek was tydens
die Oesfees toe hulle musiek gemaak het
by die Saterdagmark en almal welkom
was om te kom luister. Die middag het
'n gekombineerde koor van 110 stemme
saam met orkes en orrel in die kerk op-
getree en soos altyd, was die deure vir
almal oop en die banke vol.
Pas het Paul vyftig blokfluite by die
kerk afgelewer en 32 kinders tussen ses
en sestien het Saterdagoggend, 16 Janu-
arie, hul eerste lesse gehad. Daar heers
groot opwinding onder die nuwe musi-
Die eerste groep van 32 blokfluitspelers het Vader
Jacob al amper onder die knie!
kante met die belofte dat Paul binnekort
'n ensamble van vyf blokfluite na Prince
Albert gaan bring sodat almal kan hoor
hoe die voile reeks blokfluite klink -
van die babafluit tot die reuse oupa-
grootjie!
Paul vertel die area van De Aar het 'n
paar jaar gelede begin met een enkele
instrument en vandag het hulle hul eie
orkeste met 121 instrumente, so Prince
Albert is bevoorreg om sommer met 50 te
begin! Dink net waar kan dit kan eindig. . .
Sara Sass en Johnny Kammies gaan elke
Saterdagogggend les gee.
In Maart bring Paul en sy medewerkers 'n
mannekoor van 100 stemme. Op Sondag
31 Januarie word die optrede van die
Tafelsig Distrik se koor en orkes om 10
vm na die Nuwe Apostoliese Kerk in
Prince Albert gebeeldsend.
Al die musikante is selfopgelei en as hulle
op reis gaan, moet hulle self betaal vir
vervoer en verblyf - so ook die veld-
werkers.
Afgesien van musiek maak en onderrig,
fokus veldwerkers ook tydens hul besoeke
op sielesorg, word Sondagskoolkinders
geleer en gevoed, senior burgers kry ad-
vies, ongetroude paartjies word begelei en
die jeug word ondersteun.
Plaaslike gemeenteleier Pieter Kamfer is
trots op die kerk wat al 55 jaar lank hier
bestaan en vandag 652 lidmate sterk is.
Hy glo dat kinders die kerk se toekoms is
en moedig ouers aan om hul kinders te
ondersteun en leiding te neem deur saam
met hulle kerk toe te kom.
- Sue Goosen and Dawn Viljoen -
End to a productive 2009
The Prince Albert Garden Club
members and their visitors ended
the year with a relaxed bring- and- share at
committee member, Linda Jaquet's home
on Pastorie Street on the evening of 2
December. Over a glass of wine, every-
one's know-how and recall of the Garden
Club's activities in 2009 was tested in a
"know your gardening and plants" quiz.
In a close contest, Lorna Verran was de-
clared our most well-informed gardener
and was presented with a fascinating
book on Aloe Vera, donated by Neil
Dickson. Members also watched a short
promotional DVD on the innovative Al-
zola solar cooker produced by Elnatan in
Calitzdorp.
Garden Club News
Garden Club Plant Sale
Happy gardeners quickly snapped up
bargains at the Garden Club's first
Plant Sale at the Saturday Morning Mar-
ket in December. Early shoppers were
able to choose from a diverse selection of
healthy and strong plants which had been
propagated by our members. From Karoo
orchids to aspidistra, herbs, succulents,
no less than six varieties of lavenders,
trees and flowering shrubs, all were suit-
able for the extremes of the Prince Albert
climate.
Thank you to all members who donated
plants and time to make the Plant Sale a
success, without your efforts there would
not have been a sale. Special thanks also
to the committee, who priced, sorted and
transported plants beforehand.
The Secret Life of Bees
I ur 2010 programme starts with a talk
by Peter Lawson on bees and bee-
keeping on 3 February at the Jans Rauten-
bach Schouwburg.
The meeting starts at 15h00 and is open
not only to members but also to everyone
who would like to learn more or has ques-
tions to ask about this fascinating little
creature that is vital to our very existence,
from someone who has been working with
bees for over 50 years.
There will also be a tasting of Peter's
Karoo Gold honey.
To learn more, call Sue Goosen
on 023 5411 558.
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January 2010
(Kenjouself... Vervolg vanafp 32)
Daarom word hierdie model ook sukses-
vol aangewend vir verloofdes en
getroude egpare (selfs oud getroudes)
wat die vonk in hulle huwelike wil be-
hou. Party van ons wat nie die ideale
"match" was nie, leer hoe om harder te
werk daarvoor.
Die KTSII- model het sowat 20jr gelede
v n deurbraak gemaak in Amerika met die
bevinding dat ADHD by kinders dikwels
verkeerdelik gediagnoseer word en dat
skadelike psigotropiese medisynes onno-
dig gedrink word, terwyl die spesifieke
gedrag soms net v n kenmerk was van v n
bepaalde persoonlikheidstipe wat nie reg
verstaan en hanteer word in die ouerhuis
of by die skool nie. Dit word ook al meer
v n algemene praktyk dat besighede per-
soonlikheids- assesserings gebruik in die
keuringsproses by aanstellings of bevor-
derings. Maatskaplike Werkers en siel-
kundiges binne die SAPD, Akademiese
Hospitale en groot staatsdepartemente,
gebruik hierdie model suksesvol.
Wat is meer bevrydend om jouself werk-
lik te leer ken, soos God bedoel het jy
moet wees? Uniek, met v n plan en v n
rede hoekom juis so... en dan hierdie
"blueprint" vir jou lewe voluit te gaan
uitleef omdat jy Sy Naam wil eer en
positief bydra om aan jou Skeppingsdoel
te beantwoord?
Meer besonderhede skakel
Jacolise Botes
0235511831/0845812553
Fred Bassett now a Penfold!
THANK YOU
The members of the
Prince Albert SAPS wish
to extend their heartfelt
gratitude to the Thursday
Group for the lovely
Christmas gift parcels.
We truly appreciate it!
- Henriette Liebenberg -
The Bassett Hound who was res-
cued from the Bush Pub late last
year has landed with his butt, or is it
mutt, in the butter.
Fred has found a new home with Wil-
liam and Colleen Penfold at the Coun-
try Store. And although he is a high
maintenance dog, both Colleen and
William tend to his daily health rou-
tines with love and dedication.
Fred has a heart condition and his eyes
and ears need constant care. But as he
told the Friend in an exclusive inter-
view, what more could he have asked
for? He has two humans who adore
and love him and he gets a lot of atten-
tion from people visiting the Country
Store.
Fred says that he sometimes misses his
friends at Henriette 's place where he
stayed after being rescued. His former
owner has been charged with neglect and
will appear in court in February. The
Friend hopes to have an update in the next
issue.
Fred has thanked everyone who donated
money and food during his stay at Henri-
ette' s. He says he would like to invite all
for a cuppa but he is still training William
and Colleen to see to his every whim! So
hang in there folks !
Fred will soon host a regular column in
the Friend -Ed.
BEDRYFSMAATSKAPLIKE DEENSTE
Jacolise Botes
(B. Diac MW)
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'n Wit Kersfees in London
ULSi Jk i
wMttiittM
Miemsen PieterTheron
Miems Theron -
Toe ons ons toer na Marisa, ons dog-
ter beplan het, het ons geweet dit
gaan 'n wit Kersfees wees en ons was
baie opgewonde daaroor. Ons wou dit
immers beleef wat al die Kersfees-
kaartjies in die verlede vir ons ingeprent
het: Takbokke met Kersfeesbome wat
nederig raak onder die vrag sneeu.
Ons land op Kersdag in London en ons
meisiekind wag ons in met haar rooi
Kersfeeshoed en rooi jas. Sy berei vir
ons 'n regte egte Suid-Afrikaanse Kers-
maal voor met Vark en Skaapboud. Ek
verwonder my aan die afrikaansheid
daarvan , 'n dosyn jong mense sit en vier
fees om die tafel in Afrikaans.
Ons werk volgens 'n stywe program en
elke dag is ingepak met wonderlike on-
der vindinge.
Ons belewe London in sy voile glorie:
Die Duck Tours, 'n boot wat ook op land
ry, neem ons deur London. Ons sien die
Buckingham paleis met sy wagte en die
koningsgesin wat soos ingehoktes agter
die toe vensters opereer. Foeitog dink
ek! Die Big Ben en London Eye en
Tower of London waar ons Cullinan Dia-
mante pryk. Die aand gaan kyk ons La
Boheme in die Royal Opera House - Net
om die plek van binne te sien was 'n
belewenis !
Oor Sky nuus kom toe die onheilspel-
lende tyding: die ergste sneeu in 30 jaar.
Oppad sien ons van die "Grit- lorries" wat
sand en sout op die pad strooi om die
sneeu te laat smelt. Hulle stoot die ry-
bane oop sodat die motors kan ry.
Ons is gelukkig, want ons het ons eie
toerleier en ons eie motorbestuurder toe
ons die pad na die noorde vat. Ons be-
stemming is Skotland. Name in atlasse
word nou 'n werklikheid. Ek wil amper
soos Laurika Rauch sing: Oxford, Winder-
mere, Shap, Lake Districts, Edinburgh en
Inverness.
Ons haal Edinburgh en beleef die Edin-
burgh's Hogmanay 2010 die 31ste Desem-
ber. Ons gaan vroegaand na 'n klassieke
konsert in die St Giles Katedraal. Ons is
van die 80, 000 mense wat op die brug
staan en kyk hoe 4. 5 ton vuurwerke die
hemelruim omskep in 'n blomtuin vol
kleur.
Ons gaan nog hoer noord na Inverness en
soek die Loch Ness Monster by Loch Ness.
Gelukkig nie gekry nie. Ons vlieg na Du-
blin in Ierland. Ons gaan na Gal way-Bay
per motor .
In Dublin le ons besoek af by die Trinity
College en besoek die Book of Kells. In
die Long Room wat omtrent 65m in lengte
is, is daar 200 000 boeke wat dateer uit die
jaar 1743. Die Book of Kells is geskryf in
die jaar 800 en bevat die 4 Evangelies wat
in Latyn opgeteken is in die wonderlike
Kalligrafie-skrif. Die boeke kan gesien
word, 'n Wonderlik erfenis vir die
nageslag.
Ons vlieg terug London toe en sluit ons
toer af met : "The Lion King." 'n Fantas-
tiese musiekblyspel; en om die
"mechanics" agter elke dier wat beweeg te
sien, het my oe laat rek!
Vir ons was dit 'n wonderlik toer en die
laaie in my geheue was volgepak met die
wonder likste herinneringe.
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January 2010
Vakansieprogram 'n sukses
- Henriette Liebenberg -
Die vakansieprogram wat die af-
gelope Desember en Januarie vir
minderbevoorregte kinders aangebied is,
is as 'n groot sukses bestempel.
Die program is 'n jaarlikse instelling
deur die muni sip aliteit en volgens
Theresa Hendricks, die programkoordi-
neerder, is bykans R24 000 bestee.
Aktiwiteite wat aangebied is, het inge-
sluit nasionale vigsdagherdenkinge, 'n
besoek aan die Gevangenis, bergklim,
straatsokker, 'n Kersboom-partytjie,
swemklasse en 'n Idols-kompetisie.
Met die Kersboom-partytjie is kos aan
850 kinders verskaf en geskenke aan 500
uitgedeel. Daar was te min geld vir meer
geskenke.
(Christmas Cheer... Continued from p 29)
job, giving the children a talk about the
spirit of Christmas and handing out a
packet of sweets prepared by the Thurs-
day Group members, to each child. They
also received a present of fruit donated
by Herman Olivier. And so the party
came to end, with each child greeted by
Father Christmas at the door, with good
wishes for the Christmas season.
It all started with the idea and the fi-
nance from a kind benefactor who
wishes to remain anonymous - but asked
the Thursday Group if they would or-
ganise a party for the children. This was
the first time the ladies had organised
such a big event. It required a lot of or-
ganisation, time, energy, good will and
generosity which all the people men-
tioned (and more) kindly gave in order
to help us make the party the success it
was.
Thank you! Your gifts were
received and much appreciated.
well
Valentynsdans
Prince Albert
Landbougenootskap
bied op Saterdag,
13 Februarie 2010,
'n steak-ete en dans aan.
Die aand begin om 19:00
en die kaartjies beloop
R 75 per volwassene en
R 25 per kind onder 14 jaar.
Kaartjies is beskikbaar by
Hendrika van Onselen (084 491 0383)
en Bianca Luttig (082 577 4284).
Kinders is baie welkom!
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Januarie 2010
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Unaccountable Accounts
Linda Jaquet
If any issue has served to unite the
residents of Prince Albert at the mo-
ment, it is their irritation over the ac-
counts that they have received in the
last few months for the services pro-
vided by the Municipality. Statements
posted at the end of December - some
in duplicate - which indicated accounts
months in arrears or that were unrealis-
tically high, as well as incorrect meter
readings really raised residents' ire. For
instance, one perplexed retired person
received an account for R 2 000 000.00!
The Municipal Manager, Juanita
Fortuin, told the Friend that she had
become increasingly impatient over the
fact that problems with the Municipal
accounts continued in spite of her un-
dertaking to the community that they
would be ironed out by the end of last
year. She described the finance depart-
ment as the "heart of the Municipality"
and while she was fairly satisfied with
the community services and develop-
ment department, she intended focusing
solely for the next three months on the
finance department.
Fortuin will move her office into the
finance section and together with the
CFO, Jakobus van der Westhuizen, will
take charge of the section to sort out the
problem. She is bringing in a financial
expert from the DBS A to determine
whether the systems in place are the
right ones and if so, whether they are
working properly. She has also sought
the advice of the CFO of another
Municipality and hopes to improve in-
ternal controls and risk management
with the appointment of qualified in-
terns for a period of two years.
The computerised accounts system,
which went into operation in October
last year, was installed in terms of the
Municipality's shared services agree-
ment with the Central Karoo District
Municipality (CKDM). The CKDM
trained several officials in the financial
section and once a month a consultant,
funded by the CKDM, assists the
finance section in loading the accounts.
The resignation of Martin Crous from
the finance section at the end of January
means the loss of expertise and the need
for more officials to be trained. Fortuin
also informed the Friend that finance
department officials did not inform
the CKDM of problems with the
accounts system until the beginning of
December.
The Municipality will hold information
sessions in the near future with the com-
munity in small blocs to explain the
accounts and to answer questions.
Municipal Manager: "Please Complain"
It's rare that people in public office do the right thing by inviting complaints.
Prince Albert's Municipal Manager, Juanita Fortuin, has appealed to residents
with genuine complaints to address them to the Municipality, even to her
personally.
"I want people to tell us when they have a problem or a concern, rather than
keeping it to themselves. In that we way we can fix things and won't assume that
everything is alright"
Contact Details:
Municipal Offices, Church Street, Prince Albert
Tel: (023)5411 320
E-mai: pamun@xsinet.co.za
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Contact: Ian Canning
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Income statements
Monthly Management Accounts
Financial Year end
VAT and Other Returns
Budgets & Cashflows
Debtors and Creditors
Office Admin & Typing
Contact Jan Booyens (Prince Albert)
Cell 076 142 9739
FRAMING
Professionally qualified framer
for all your framing needs.
Trevor at 023 5411 079
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COMPOST
Unsieved R500 per cubic metre,
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Contact Sue and Richard Dean,
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EMPLOYMENT SOUGHT
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Contact 023 541-1879.
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January 2010
Zwartberg 200 Club Contributes to School's Coffers
Di Steyn
Congratulations to the winners of the
Zwartberg 200 Club's final two
draws of 2009. The lucky winner of the
ninth draw was Lynette Smythe,
followed by Zelia Mullins and Ria de
Wee. Ellen and Anton Joubert were win-
ners of the tenth and last draw of the
year, with Nicki van Reenen and E D van
Rensburg as runners up.
Thank you to all those who participated
and well done once again to all the win-
ners. The project proved very successful
and the school raised R36 000.00. Sev-
eral winners generously returned their
winnings to the kitty, which we also ap-
preciated.
We invite members to join again this
year and encourage others in town to
consider joining. We had 95 members
this year, a few of whom dropped out
along the way, while some joined later in
the year. We therefore averaged approxi-
mately 88 members. This year we aim to
have 200 members and hope that you will
all help us realise this goal.
Registration for 2010 has already begun.
The draw will begin at end of February and
will be held every month until the end of
November. Please contact Di Steyn at
0829372978 for more information and
application forms.
Here is a reminder of the members who
were lucky in 2009:
1ST DRAW
Sandra Meyer
Das Olivier
Linda Smith
2ND DRAW
Jeremy Freemantle
Albert Olivier
Zelia Mullins
3RD DRAW
Anneline de Wit
Hoofweg Vervoer
Gerda Klein,
4RD DRAW
John Begg
Jeremy Freemantle
Sally Arnold
5TH DRAW
Jan Rabie
PA Fruit Farms
Chris de Jager
6TH DRAW
Sonja Mckenna
Hennie Bothma
Sally Arnold
7TH DRAW
Stephney Hendricks
John Begg
J C Fourie
8TH DRAW
J F Seldon
John Begg
R McKnight
9TH DRAW
Lynette Smythe
Zelia Mullins
Ria de Wee
10 DRAW
Ellen and Anton Joubert
Nicki van Reenen
E Jansen van Rensburg
As you can see, some people won more
than once!
Hoop jy al jou harde werk bring
jou iets in die sak?
Waarvoor jy ookal hoop, maak seker dat jy die regte plan daarvoor inspan. Ek kan jou deur die
besluite lei wat jou finansiele toekoms sal be'fnvloed. Met Sanlam se omvattende portefeulje
oplossings kan ek voorstelle maak oor wat jy werklik nodig het.
• Spaar en beleggings • Persoonlike dekking
• Huisfinansiering • Testamente en trusts
• Aftreevoorsiening
• Voorsiening vir jou kinders se opvoeding
Bel my vir deskundige advies, aangevul deur korttermynversekering en selfs belastingontleding as
dit nodig is.
Schalk le Roux
023 415 2318
082 371 8461
schalkler@sanlam4u.co.za
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023 541 1744
083 444 3869
grootwaterval@webmail.co.za
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January 2010
Skaakspelers van formaat
(I na r) Nadine Kroon, Valerie Pieterse en Lucille Steyn met mnr Johannes Isaacs
Richard McKnight ■
H:
oerskool Zwartberg leerders
.Lucille Steyn, Nadine Kroon en
Valerie Pieterse het gedurende die
Desember vakansie aan die Nasionale
Junior skaak kampioenskappe te
Kaapstad deelgeneem en ons skool
verteenwoordig. Die toernooi het vanaf
die 13 tot die 17 Desember plaasgevind
en was by die Universiteit van Kaapstad
aangebied.
Die leerders het baie goed in hul
onderskeie spanne gevaar en die naam
van ons skool voorwaar hoog gehou.
Ons opregte dank aan die skool, ouers
asook die plaaslike muni sip aliteit vir hul
finansiele bystand en ondersteuning in
die verband.
Ons Matrieks - 100% Slaagsyfer!
Richard McKnight -
H;
oerskool Zwartberg is geweldig
.trots op die 2010 matriekklas wat
weereens aan die skoolgemeenskap ge-
toon het dat hierdie skool nie hoef terug
te staan as dit by akademiese uitslae kom
nie.
Ten spyte van die feit dat daar 'n afname
van 105 na 84 was in die getalle van sko-
le van die WKOD wat 'n 100% slaagsy-
fer bereik het, het Hoerskool Zwartberg
dit reggekry.
Ons skool, met 'n leerdertal van 34 ma-
trieks, het 14 vakonderskeidings behaal,
32% het toegang tot Baccalaureusgrade
behaal en 61% tot diploma-kursusse. Die
gemiddelde persentasie van die klas was
57%, 'n baie mooi resultaat.
Hiermee 'n hartlike dank aan alle rolspe-
lers wie se positiewe insette hierdie puik
uitslae moontlik gemaak het. Hierdie
uitslae reflekteer ook die mooi handha-
wing van algemene uitslae in ons skool
in 2009.
JDW BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
We do all these jobs:
Restoration, Painting, Bricklaying, Plastering, Carpentry,
Tiling, Roofing, Thatching, Fencing, Paving, Plumbing
CONTACT:
Johan Petersen 083 9971 530
J de Wee 078 6688 604
Small Ads
DEON GOUWS VIR:
Oude Kloof Guesthouse on irrigation
farm 6km out of town, selfcatering,
sleeps 8, R100.00 PPP night.
Bousand, Tuingrond,
Konkruit, Klip, Kraalmis.
Kontak ons vir volume en prys.
Braaihout@ Rl.OO/Stuk
ofR13.00/10KGsak
KIKUYU Grassooie @ R25.00 / m 2
Jag fasiliteite beskikbaar
Scrambler & Quad Roetes beskikbaar
Bus 48, Prince Albert, 6930
Telefax: 0235411723
Mobile: 082 774 8885
E-P: deon@oudekloof.com
SNAKE CAPTURE
AND RELOCATION
Please call Athol on 082 821 6984
No Charge
SPACE RENTALS
To Let: Garages, Workshops, Storage
Tel/Fax: (023)5411810
Cell 0827217261
Cell 079 233 3007
WANTED:
Green garden refuse, particularly lawn
clippings. No thorn trees or spiny
plants. Deliver to Renu-karoo (just past
the sewage works on the Kruisfontein-
Leeu Gamka road) or we can collect.
Contact Sue and Richard Dean,
023 54 11 828.
TRAILER HIRE
All sizes - Alle groottes
Tel/Fax (023) 5411 810
Cell: 082 7217 261
or 079 2333 007
WERK GESOEK:
Sterk administratiewe persoon.
Vaardig in alle sekretariele werk,
rekenaarstelsels, hantering van BTW,
invordering van uitstaande betalings.
Skakel Cindy Wolmarans
071 440 9154
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