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Namaqua Richtersveld Festival Port Nolloth 2011 The Namaqua festival rotates on an annual basis through the 6 Local Municipal areas of Namaqualand. This year it was the Richtersveld's turn, and it was held together with the annual "Lights Festival" or "Liggiefees" in Port Nolloth.Next year the Namaqua Festival will be held in another Local Municipal Area, but the annual Lights Festival will still be held in Port Nolloth.Once a year, for four days around 16 December - reconciliation day - the peaceful little coastal town of Port Nolloth erupts into an activity centre of music, beauty contests, bike rallies, mixed emotions and divisions amongst local residents, public drunkenness and dirty streets, immorality and morality fighting for a place in the same street, hard work and dedication amongst participants, a tired and frustrated police force, enjoyment of seeing favourite musicians live and selected businesses experiencing harvest time. For tourists who wish to visit Port Nolloth in December during the festival - remember, you have the choice of attending the festival and being part of it, or you can select to stick to the more isolated areas and beaches. Port Nolloth offers the best of both worlds even in December!!! A burning issue surrounding festivals like the ―Liggiefees‖ in Springbok and in Port Nolloth and the ―Namaqua‖ festival that coincided with the ―Liggiefees‖ in Port Nolloth this year, centers around the costs involved. Could the approximately half a million rand that was spent on the Namaqua Richtersveld Festival perhaps have been applied in a better way to benefit the residents of Port Nolloth in the long run? Sterkte met die begin van julle nuwe skooljaar Met die begin van die nuwe skool jaar wil ons aan alle leerders veral die wat vir die eerste keer skool toe en die Graad XII klas van 2012, sterkte toewens. Ons weet dat hulle pad het begin waar die Graad I nou is. Die fondasie is alreeds gelê, en nou moet julle net voortbou daarop. Opvoeding berei kinders vir die lewe voor. Sonder hierdie basiese opvoeding is dit onmoontlik om uit die spiraal van armoede te breek en sal die land nie sy bekwaamheids tekorte in die toekoms kan aanspreek nie. Ja ons het foute gemaak, maar kom ons bou op die goeie wat ons het en ervaar het uit die verskillende stelsels wat ons moes deurworstel. Die eerste uitdaging wat ons die hoof moet bied is om seker te maak dat al die leerders die nodige materiaal het om die skooljaar reg te begin. Tweedens om seker te maak dat daar leerkragte vir elke klas is. Soos wat ouers sal verseker dat hulle kinders in die skool is, moet onderwysers ook in die klas wees om les te gee. Dit is hier waar ons dissipline begin. Versuim ons hier, dan faal ons die leerders, hul ouers en onsself. Die departement het weliswaar ‗n groot uitdaging, kom ons maak dit gesamentlik vir hulle makliker om hierdie uitdagings die hoof te bied. Laastens: Namakwaland het weereens gewys dat hulle die beste streek is. Geluk aan die onderwysers in hierdie streek al sou hulle vir my sê ek preek vir die bekeerdes! Dank word aan julle uitgespreek, dat julle die toon aangee in die Noord Kaap Onderwys Departement. Bou voort hierop! (Dr.A.Grootboom, LPW DA Provinsiale Voorsitter) An ambitious horse will never return to its old stable. Chinese Proverbs 10 HOË AMPTENARE BESOEK SKOLE Isaac Cloete Verskeie raadslede van die Nama Khoi munisiapileit op Springbok asook politieke amptenare het Woensdag welwillenheidsbesoeke aan skole in die streek gedoen. By Steinkopf Senior Sekondêr op Steinkopf het die burgemeester van die Nama Khoi munisipalieit, mnr Tommie Cloete, die opening, by sy alma mater, behartig. Sy teks het gehandel oor Moses wat moes trek na beter omstandighede daarom het hy leerders vermaan om die breë weg saam met God te bewandel soos Moses. ―Daar is twee maniere om die lewe aan te pak.Eerstens is dit alleen en met jou eie krag. En tweedens is dit saam met God soos Moses gedoen het.Met behulp van God kan ons gevare en ongelukke oorkom.‖ Die hoofspreker van die dag was mev. Sandra Beukes(LPW en lid vd portfeulje komitee).Sy is ook verantwoordelik vir die kiesafdeling van die Nama Khoigebied Sy het die nasionale regering se verbintenis tot gehalte onderwys herbevestig en die leerders verkwalik dat hulle hul ―boonste plek‖ aan ander skole afgestaan het. ―As julle oorwin word, moet julle eenvoudig terugkom en hulle verslaan,‖ het sy aan die gemoedelike leerders vertel. Sy het verder gesê dat leerders van nou af sal moet move deur die volgende vyf woorde wat met die letter ―F‖ begin toe te pas.Dit is: Forward, Fast, First, Fighting en Forgiving. Beukes het verder gesê dat dissipline by die huis begin en dat ouers ‗n belangrike rol hier te speel het.Volgens Beukes ondersteun die regering al die skole en behoort hulle(regering) elke dag aandag te gee aan probleme wat ondervind word. Die twee sprekers het positiewe en bemoedigende boodskappe aan die sowat 700 leerders oorgedra en hulle versoek om die beste van 2012 te maak.Beide het ook genoem dat die skool ‗n trotse rekord het en dat die leerders dit nie moet skaad nie. Steinkopf het in 2011 ‗n 98-slaagsyfer gehad en sal dit graag hierdie jaar na 100% wil lig, volgens die skoolhoof, mnr Nicodemeus Vries. Ander genooide gaste was mnre Lionel Cloete(SKL voorsitter), Edlyn Maritz (raadslid) Calatz Cloete (Gemeenskapswerker), Derrick Cloete (ANC jeugliga) en Willem Joseph (trusteelid). He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever. ~ Chinese Proverb 10 11 10
COP17 or FLOP17? COP 17 is over! Yes it was a circus, but it was also the most amazing learning experience. Coming into COP 17 I had little appreciation for the significance and complexity of the negotiations and issues debated. I thought it was about the Kyoto Protocol, and that the success or failure of COP 17 rested on securing the extension of this protocol. I now realise that it is about fundamentally changing the way we live and behave, the evolution of a new global economy and reinforcing our custodianship of the blue planet and its green services which sustain us – humanity. The UNFCCC negotiation process is as significant as the establishment of the United Nations was 66 years ago. 194 Nations have spent the last 2 weeks working on a number of global compacts ranging from efforts aimed at improving our collective understanding of global warming and Climate Change, limiting global warming to 2 degrees and supporting country efforts to adapt to the inevitable impacts which will accompany warming. COP 17 is simply a step along the tortuous journey towards shaping and implementing new global compacts. The Kyoto Protocol was one of the first of these compacts. However, it only addresses for 25% of CO2 emissions and does not enjoy global support. It was also concluded in 1997, during a period when the euro ruled and ―developing nations‖ were at the mercy of the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and bilateral aid. Today, China is the new superpower, Europe is bankrupt and a number of the old order ―developing‖ nations are emerging as real global powers. A new generation of compacts are being shaped, which will come into place over the next 5 – 10 years. Clearly, this delay is frustrating but I personally believe that the growing impact of global warming on weather patterns places real pressure on the negotiators, and that the new compacts will be far more effective and binding than the Kyoto Protocol is. What was particularly intriguing and encouraging was the incredible diversity of pioneers and activists that COP 17 drew to Durban. Very few of these individuals actually participated in the formal negotiation process. Rather they came to Durban to share their ideas, to learn from others and to inspire a grass root movement. This is a broad based movement of individuals championing a mix of social, economic and environmental issues. This movement is well represented by the UNFCCC‘s ‗Momentum for Change‘ initiative which profiled 10 projects identified on the grounds that are Mitigation and /or Adaptation projects which measurably improve the quality of Life for the people they benefit, and are replicable and scalable (www.unfccc.int). Christiana Figuerez, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, describes these ―Lighthouse Projects‖ as ―beacons of opportunity‖, that demonstrate our ingenuity and the way forward. One of these projects is Durban‘s very own Buffelsdraai Community based Reforestation project. Driven by the eThekweni Metro, this project is restoring 520 ha‘s of forest on the outskirts of Verulam. eThekweni could easily have established a nursery to grow the 500 000+ trees that are being planted through this project. Rather they backed a partnership with the Wildlands Conservation Trust around our Trees for Life model, with a view to using this climate change mitigation and adaptation project to stimulate development in the KwaMashu, Buffelsdraai and Osindisweni communities. Catalysed through seed funding from DANIDA, UNILEVER and the Bonitas Medical Fund, this project has already created 23 full-time jobs, 649 temporary jobs and supported the establishment of over 580 tree-preneurs. 215 000 trees have already been propagated and planted, and another 300 000 will be planted over the next 3 years. Adopted as the official offset project for the 2010 Soccer World Cup, the Buffelsdraai forest will capture over 45 000 tons of CO2 over 20 years. Not only is this a great ―Lighthouse Project‖, but it has already catalysed 2 more restoration related initiatives in the Metro, namely, the Inanda Mountain Restoration project and the uMbilo ‗Community Ecosystem Based Adaptation‘ project (CEBA), which was the official offset project for COP 17 (www.durbanceba.org). However, whilst the ‗Momentum of Change‘ initiatives are encouraging they are still a very small part of the response required to deal with the coming challenges of Climate Change. The scale and intensity of COP 17 clearly demonstrates this. There is no other annual conference and negotiating process that draws together such a distinguished gathering of political, scientific, business and civil society leadership. I believe that this is the most important ―take home‖ message for South Africa. World leadership is very worried about Climate Change! If they‘re worried then we should be worried. Let me know what you think....(andrewventer@wordpress.com). Hierdie berig deur Andrew Venter het oorspronklik verskyn in die Sunday Tribune. "The best thing about future is that it comes only one day at a time." Abraham Lincoln 11 Nuwe molekule kan aarde help afkoel Londen – 'n Nuwe molekule wat in die aarde se atmosfeer ontdek is, kan dalk help om die planeet af te koel, het wetenskaplikes gesê. Wetenskaplikes moet egter wag en kyk of dié molekule 'n rol kan speel in die aanslag teen aardverwarming. Die molekule kan stowwe soos stikstofdioksied en swaeldioksied omkeer in verbindings wat tot wolkvorming kan lei en sodoende die aarde teen die son beskerm, het navorsers gesê. SA kan 3 maande 'vreemde weer' kry Suid-Afrikaners in die grootste deel van die land moet hulle voorberei op swaar reën en ―vreemde weer‖ in Februarie, Maart en April. Boonop gaan die winter sy kloue vroeër as gewoonlik inslaan. Die enigste gebiede wat in dié drie maande moontlik heelwat minder reën gaan kry, is die sentrale en noordwestelike dele van Limpopo, die noordwestelike deel van Mpumalanga en die Suid-Kaap, het mnr. Cobus Olivier, wetenskaplike en langtermynweervoorspeller van die Suid-Afrikaanse Weerdiens (SAWD), gister gesê. Dit is volgens hom moontlik dat al die reën wat vir die drie maande van Februarie tot April voorspel word, in Februarie kan val. Die ander twee maande sal dan droër as gewoonlik wees en groot vloede sal in Februarie voorkom. Olivier se weermodelle wys ook daarop dat die winter sy greep al in April op die land kan kry. ―Ons gaan dus al vroeg in die winter baie koud kry.‖ Dr. Linda Makuleni, uitvoerende hoof van die SAWD, het in Desember by COP17 gesê die vloede in Suid- Afrika aan die begin van 2011 kan beslis aan klimaatsverandering toegeskryf word. Cure for rhino poacing Did you know that the testicles of a Rhino poacher can cure " Aids/HIV? 11 Now, go on... spread the word! 11
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