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Vrydag 22 Januarie 2021 3 Terug na NUTTIGE TELEFOONNOMMERS USEFUL NUMBERS Houtkloof KAAP AGULHAS MUNISIPALITEIT 0284255500 Amanda Cloete CAPE AGULHAS MUNICIPALITY 0284233231 BREDASDORP 0284459620 Domingo van Der Heyden koop Houtkloof op 9 Febru- NAPIER 0284356538 arie 1813 (Roelandstraat Argief) en betaal 5000 Kaapse ARNISTON/WAENHUISKRANS 0284356015 Gulden vir die plaas. Domingo en Leentjie se eerste STRUISBAAI 0284255500 kinders is in Welmoed Eersterivier gebore. Hulle verlaat L’AGULHAS 0824571774 Welmoed 1795 toe die plaas van die van Der Heydens NA URE/AFTER HOURS 10111 verkoop word. Die laaste kinders is in Franskraal ge- 0284251690 bore.Sy vrou (of hulle getroud was is ‘n vraag, maar NOODNOMMERS 0282129111 volgens sy testament en opgaafrol was hulle getroud. EMERGENCY NUMBERS 0284255500 POLISIE/POLICE 0284357777 BRANDWEER/FIRE DEPARTMENT 0829905952 AMBULANS/AMBULANCE VERKEER/TRAFFIC NSRI te begin. Die gemeenskap van Houtkloof, het dan ook sy salaris betaal. Hy koop die plaas van Elisabeth Moolman die weduwee van Vandag is Houtkloof, kan ons sê gesluit, wat eintlik hartseer is, Hendrik Wessels. Hulle is 1813 in die opgaafrol as eienaars van die kerk se deure is gesluit weens temin gemeentelede. In Houtkloof.aangeteken (Roelandstraat Argief). Hy leef daar met hierdie tyd van die pandemie, is daar so baie wat ons kan aan sy vrou Leentjie en sy kinders. Hy self is nie in Elim gedoop nie, dink en het dit my laat dink aan die Bybelvers Mattheus 18 v. 20 daarom is sy naam nêrens in die kerkboeke van Elim te vind nie waar dit so mooi sê: “Waar twee of drie in my naam vergader, en daarom bly hy Domingo. Sy vrou en kinders kry almal by die daar is ek in hul midde.” doop, na Domingo se sterfte, hul name. Vervolg op bladsy 5 In 1817 het Domingo al sy testament gemaak waar hy die plaas aan al sy kinders bemaak het. Baie mense met die vanne Cloete, Engel en Taljaard het in Houtkloof gebly. Die Cloete’s en Engel’s het kinders of kleinkinders van Domingo getrou, daarom het ook Cloete’s en Engel’s grond ge-erf in Houtkloof. Op 24 Maart 1835 sterf Domingo en net drie maande daarna word Leentjie op 22 Junie 1835 gedoop as Martha. Sy sterf op die 6de Julie 1835. Die eerste mense van Houtkloof word in Elim gedoop in 1833. Die kerk word in September 1853 ingewy. Die grond waarop die kerk staan word eers in 1890 aan die Moravian Mission So- ciety bemaak. Houtkloof is dan die oudste buitestasie van die Morawiese kerk en wel van Elim. Carel Jonas ook afkomstig van Elim was bevoorreg om sy onderwysloopbaan in Houtkloof te [email protected] 3

4 Vrydag 22 Januarie 2021 Kombuiskuier Jacques Louw Foto: The Food Network Maklike Tiramisu Foto: Pinterest Bestandele Appeltert 500 ml room Bestandele 250 g mascarpone kaas (kamertemperatuur) 80 g strooisuiker 411 g (1 blik) tertappels (gedreineer) 5 ml vanillageursel 2 eiers 1 pak boudoir beskuitjies ( vingerbeskuitjies) 190 ml strooisuiker 250 ml sterk koffie 5 ml vanieljegeursel 80 ml koffielikeur 85 ml melk Kakaopoier 60 ml botter gesmelt 1 flake 250 ml koekmeel Metode 5 ml bakpoeier Klits die room tot dit begin styf raak. Voeg die vanillageursel en 2 ml sout strooisuiker by en klits tot sagte punte. Metode Roer die mascarpone by die room. Kry ‘n glasbak, want jy gaan Klits die eiers, strooisuiker en vanielje saam. Klits die melk by nou jou beskuitjies daarin pak. Meng die koffie en die likeur en en dan die gesmelte botter. Sif al die droe bestanddele saam en druk elke beskuitjie vinnig in die mengsel. Pak ‘n lagie van die klits dit alles by die eiermengsel. beskuitjies onder in jou bak. Smeer ook die helfte van die room- Gooi die beslag in ‘n gesmeerde tertbak en druk die appels in mengsel oor die beskuitjies. die deeg. Bak vir so 30 - 40 minute by 180° C. Herhaal die bekuitjielagie (onthou om in die koffie te druk). Sous Smeer dan die ander helfte van die roommengsel oor. Met ‘n Kook 1 blikkie Idealmelk, 125 ml room, 250 ml suiker en 5 ml klein siffie, sif ‘n dun lagie kakaopoeier oor. Maak toe met vanieljegeursel saam totdat die suiker opgelos is. Gooi dit oor kleefplastiek en sit dit oornag in die yskas. Net voor opdiening, die tert die oomblik as dit uit die oond kom. Die appeltert kan krummel die flake oor. ook met vanieljeroomys bedien word. As jy dalk ‘n aspirant kok is en graag een van jou resepte met ons wil deel en hiér gepubliseer wil sien, kan jy dit stuur per e-pos aan: [email protected] Onthou asseblief om die resep in WORD-format aan ons te stuur en sluit gerus ‘n foto of twee in. Die foto’s kan aan ons gestuur word in JPEG- of PNG-formaat. Ons hoor graag van julle! 4 [email protected]

Vrydag 22 Januarie 2021 5 5 Terug na Houtkloof Vroeer jare was die vervoer perde en osse waens vandag is dit so gou om ‘n plek te bereik, maar klink dit nog te veel om een keer per maand soos in die verlede, die woord te gaan ver- kondig. Houtkloof die familieplaas… Die plaas wat bestaan het uit verskillende gedeeltes elkeen met sy eie naam. Domingo en Leentjie se dogters was almal met Hendrik en Maria Cloete se seuns getroud. Maria wat se noem- naam Lys was, is gebore te Wagenboomskloof op die 15de Sep- tember 1755. Hul kinders is almal te Blomfontyn gebore. Vanaf Blomfontyn, is Lys dan toe ook met al haar kinders na Houtkloof. Paasfees van 1834 word Lys op die ouderdom van 79 in Elim gedoop en kry sy die naam Maria. Maria sterf op 2 November 1842 en word in Elim begrawe. Maria se dogter, Anje Maria Cloete, gebore 20 Augustus 1783, tree in die huwe- lik met Jan Abraham Engel, gebore 4 Oktober 1787. Nog so ‘n paar foto’s op bladsy 6 “We have lived our lives by the assumption that what was good for us would be good for the world. We have been wrong. We must change our lives so that it will be possible to live by the contrary assumption, that what is good for the world will be good for us and that requires that we make the effort to know the world and learn what is good for it.” Wendell Berry [email protected]

6 Vrydag 22 Januarie 2021 Foto: Cathy van Eeden/Swellendam Experience Nuusbrokkies Foto: Cathy van Eeden/Swellendam Experience Foto: Cathy van Eeden/Swellendam Experience ‘n Wonderlike idee… die Swellendam Fietsryklub het begin om die “na werk” sosiale fietsritte te doen deur die omgewing. Al die roetes is opwindend, goed ge- merk en asemrowend mooi ook! Wat ook opvallend is, is die feit dat hiérdie roetes ook op ‘n gereelde basis onderhou en netjies gehou word. Besoek gerus ook die Facebookbladsye van Swellendam Fietsryklub en die “Swellendam Trials” vir meer inligting (kliek slegs op die skakels hiérbo). “Cyclists see considerably more of this beautiful world than any other citizen. A good bicycle, well applied, will cure most ills this flesh is heir to.” Dr. K. K. Doty Foto: Cathy van Eeden/Swellendam Experience Foto: Cathy van Eeden/Swellendam Experience Is jy lus vir so bietjie fietstrap? Maak Radio Overberg fm deel van jou besigheid se bemarkingstrategie! Kontak ons vir ‘n pasgemaakte lugtydpakket! 028 424 2877 (T) [email protected] (E) 6 [email protected]

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8 Vrydag 22 Januarie 2021 Radio Overberg Luister Programskedule nou Maandag Dinsdag Woensdag 05:00 – 06:00 Landbouradio 05:00 – 06:00 Landbouradio 05:00 – 06:00 Landbouradio 06:00 – 08:00 Ontplof met Pof 06:00 – 08:00 Ontplof met Pof 06:00 – 08:00 Ontplof met Pof 08:00 – 08:05 Toekomsvenster 08:00 – 08:05 Toekomsvenster 08:00 – 08:05 Toekomsvenster 08:05 – 09:00 Breakfast met Bobby Rohlandt 08:05 – 09:00 Musiek 08:05 – 09:00 Musiek 09:00 – 09:10 Nuus 09:00 – 09:10 Nuus 09:00 – 09:10 Nuus 09:10 – 10:00 Breakfast met Bobby 09:10 – 09:20 Musiek 09:10 – 10:00 Musiek 10:00 – 11:00 Ommie Tafel met Anne-Marie Burger 09:20 – 09:30 Inspirasiestasie met Leanda Botes 10:00 – 11:00 Ommie Tafel met Anne-Marie Burger 11:00 – 11:15 Radiodrama 09:30 – 10:30 Musiek 11:00 – 11:15 Radiodrama 12:00 – 12:10 Nuus 10:30 – 11:00 Wat Saak Maak met Jo-Ann Lourens 11:15 – 12:00 Ommie Tafel met Anne-Marie Burger 12:10 – 14:00 Musiek 11:00 – 11:15 Radiodrama 12:00 – 12:10 Nuus 14:00 – 14:10 Nuus 11:15 – 12:00 Musiek 12:10 – 14:00 Musiek 14:10 – 16:00 Kaviaar vir ‘n Springbok met Johan Mulder 12:00 – 12:10 Nuus 14:00 – 14:10 Nuus 16:00 – 17:00 Drive Time met Marquin Nefdt 12:10 – 14:00 Musiek 14:10 – 14:30 Musiek 17:00 – 17:15 Radiodrama (H) 14:00 – 14:10 Nuus 14:30 – 15:00 Uit die Museum Argiewe 17:15 – 18:00 Drive Time met Marquin Nefdt 16:00 – 18:00 Musiek 16:00 – 17:00 Drive Time met Rudi de Waal 18:00 – 19:00 Fabulous 50’s met Florence Kruger 17:00 – 17:15 Radiodrama (H) 17:00 – 17:15 Radiodrama (H) 19:00 – 21:00 Pof Gesels 17:15 – 18:00 Musiek 17:15 – 18:00 Drive Time met Rudi de Waal 21:00 – 22:00 Van Toeka tot Nou (H) 18:00 – 19:00 20th Century Pop 60’s met Marquin Nefdt 18:00 – 19:00 20th Century Pop 70’s met Marquin Nefdt 22:00 – 05:00 Musiek 19:00 – 20:00 Met ‘n ander Oor 19:00 – 19:30 Musiek 20:00 – 21:00 Vers & Lied met Jaco Barnard-Naudé 19:30 – 20:30 Kragtoer met Jacques Louw 21:00 – 22:00 Make a Difference (H) 20:00 – 22:00 Musiek 22:00 – 05:00 Musiek 22:00 – 05:00 Musiek Donderdag Vrydag Saterdag 05:00 – 06:00 Landbouradio 05:00 – 06:00 Landbouradio 02:00 – 03:00 Boeretroos in die Overberg (H) 06:00 – 08:00 Ontplof met Pof 06:00 – 08:00 Ontplof met Pof 03:00 – 05:00 Kaviaar vir ‘n Springbok (H) 08:00 – 08:05 Toekomsvenster 08:00 – 08:05 Toekomsvenster 05:00 – 06:00 By die Plaashek (H) 08:05 – 09:00 Musiek 08:05 – 09:00 Musiek 06:00 – 08:05 Pof gesels (H) 09:00 – 09:15 Nuus 09:00 – 09:10 Nuus 08:05 – 10:00 Breakfast met Bobby (H) 09:15 – 09:30 Boekvoorlesing met Jaco Barnard-Naudé 09:10 – 10:00 Musiek 10:00 – 11:00 Fabulous 50’s met Florence Kruger (H) 09:30 – 10:00 Onderwys Vandag met Jacques Louw 10:00 – 11:00 Ommie Tafel met Anne-Marie Burger 11:00 – 12:00 20th Century Pop 60’s met Marquin Nefdt (H) 10:00 – 10:30 Musiek 11:00 – 11:15 Radiodrama 12:00 – 13:00 20th Century Pop 70’s met Marquin Nefdt (H) 10:30 – 11:00 Wat saak maak met Jo-Anne Lourens 11:15 – 12:00 Musiek 13:00 – 14:00 20th Century Pop 80’s met Marquin Nefdt (H) 11:00 – 11:15 Radiodrama 12:00 – 12:10 Nuus 14:00 – 15:00 20th Century Pop 90’s met Marquin Nefdt (H) 11:15 – 12:00 Vyfster 12:10 – 13:00 Musiek 15:00 – 16:30 Musiek 12:00 – 12:10 Nuus 13:00 – 14:00 By die Plaashek met Pierre Vlok 16:30 – 17:00 Uit ons Tyd met Johan Mulder 12:10 – 14:00 Musiek 14:00 – 14:10 Nuus 17:00 – 18:00 Musiek 14:00 – 14:10 Nuus 14:10 – 15:00 Toerismeprogram 18:00 – 20:00 Boeretroos in die Overberg met Piet Makwas 14:10 – 14:30 Musiek 15:00 – 15:50 Musiek 20:00 – 21:00 Pof speel Country 14:30 – 15:00 Municipal Matters 15:50 – 16:00 Suidernuus 21:00 – 22:00 Countrymusiek 15:00 – 16:00 Musiek 16:00 – 17:00 Drive Time met Jacques Louw 22:00 – 00:00 Musiek 16:00 – 17:00 Drive Time met Ben Burger 17:00 – 17:15 Radiodrama (H) 17:00 – 17:15 Radiodrama 17:15 – 18:00 Drive Time met Jacques Louw [email protected] 17:15 – 18:00 Drive Time met Ben Burger 18:00 – 19:00 20th Century Pop 90’s met Marquin Nefdt 18:00 – 19:00 20th Century Pop 80’s met Marquin Nefdt 19:00 – 20:00 Musiek 19:00 – 20:00 Van Toeka tot Nou met Piet Makwas 20:00 – 23:00 Breyani met Deon Ahrends 20:00 – 22:00 Rock Rebellie met Andries Roux 23:00 – 05:00 Musiek 22:00 – 05:00 Musiek Sondag 00:00 – 02:00 Kaviaar vir ‘n Springbok (H) 02:00 – 04:00 Boeretroos in die Overberg (H) 03:00 – 07:50 Musiek 07:50 – 08:00 Bybelstorie 08:05 – 09:30 Afrikaanse Gospel met Piet Makwas 09:30 – 10:00 Erediens 10:00 – 11:00 Kruispad met Lunette Coetzee 11:00 – 12:00 Metronoom 12:00 – 13:00 Journey met Gurswin Prins 13:00 – 14:00 Koortjies wat Kook met Sammy & Noelene Banda 14:00 – 15:00 Wat Saak Maak met Jo-Anne Lourens (H) 15:00 – 16:00 Essential Sounds with LadyK 16:00 – 17:00 Overberg Sundowners met Marquin Nefdt 17:00 – 18:00 Klankbaan met Rudi de Waal 18:00 – 19:00 Make A Difference met Dennis Bogenhagen 19:00 – 21:10 Breyani Gospel met Deon Ahrends 21:10 – 22:10 Kruispad met Lunette Coetzee (H) 22:10 – 23:00 Radiodrama Omnibus 23:00 – 05:00 Musiek 8

Vrydag 22 Januarie 2021 9 Foto: Pelgrimstog van Hoop/Facebook Ontdek jouself met dié stap Saterdagmiddag 16 Januarie 2021, was daar groot op- gewondenheid én 'n paar akrobatiese bewegings by die mees suidelikste punt, toe die jongste groep pelgrims nog hier aangekom het! Pilgrim Assist se groep wat baie knap deur Christian van der Wath begelei was, het op die 2de Januarie vanjaar begin stap op Stellenbosch. Verskeie pelgrims het tot by Volmoed in die Hemel-en-Aarde-vallei gestap en daar 'n sertifikaat ontvang. Die afstand van Stellenbosch tot by Volmoed, is baie naby aan 200 km. Foto: Pelgrimstog van Hoop/Facebook Foto: Pelgrimstog van Hoop/Facebook 9 Baie geluk aan Wian Fouche, Michelle Mellet en Dané Mellet wat al die pad gestap het van Stellenbosch tot Kaap Agulhas, en baie dankie Christian dat jy so mooi na hulle gekyk het. Dankie ook aan Yolandi van der Wath en Org van der Wath vir julle ondersteuning oor die laaste twee dae, en vir Franziska Andrag-Meyer wat oudergewoonte vir die pelgrims ingewag het met hulle sertifikate by die mees suidelike punt. Met hierdie staptog is Pilgrim Assist se eerste \"seisoen\" af- gehandel met byna veertig pelgrims wat sedert einde Septem- ber 2020 op die Pelgrimstog van Hoop gestap het. Die vol- gende groepe stap weer in die herfs, in April. Vir meer inligting oor hoe om die Pelgrimstog van Hoop te stap besoek die webwerf www.pelgrimstogvanhoop.com en lees die FAQ-afdeling. Onthou as jy self jou pelgrimstog wil bespreek moet jy ook op die webwerf registreer by Communitas en 'n handleiding (die nuwe weergawe is nou beskikbaar), rooi hoed en pelgrimpaspoort bestel. Indien Pilgrim Assist jou bespreking doen, is jou registrasie ingesluit by die pakket. Bron: Pelgrimstog van Hoop/Facebook “The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.” Barbara Kingsolver [email protected]

10 Vrydag 22 Januarie 2021 Statement by Premier Alan Winde 19 January 2021 Update on the coronavirus “The Western Cape has passed its second wave peak. Our health platform has adequate capacity. It’s time for more of the Western Cape’s economy to be safely open- ed to save jobs”. Throughout this devastating pandemic, the Western Cape Gov- ernment has focussed on getting the balance right: trying to save both lives and livelihoods. We have done everything we can in the most difficult of circumstances to provide a world class health response, that delivers life-saving healthcare to every person who needs it when they need it. During this time, we have also not been afraid to fight for jobs because having a job is not just a ‘nice-to-have’. For many people in the Western Cape it is the difference between putting food on the table and starving. In effect, we have been responding to two pandemics. One caused by the COVID-19 virus, and the other by growing pov- erty, unemployment and hunger. Our position remains that both need to be fought with passion and courage, because both cost lives - now and in the future. When President Ramaphosa announced additional restrictions for the Western Cape and South Africa last month, taking us to an adjusted alert level 3, I supported the announcement as a necessary last resort. At the time, the Western Cape was expe- riencing a significant surge of new infections and hospitalisa- tions, caused by this new highly transmissible variant of COVID- 19. To put it simply, because more people were being infected The Western Cape’s surge has ended, and our active cases are with COVID-19 at a faster rate, more people were arriving at on decline. There has been a 19% drop in Metro cases, and a our healthcare facilities over a shorter period of time. 18% decline in rural cases. Oxygen usage at our facilities has started to flatten and decline. Our test positivity rate is on a sus- This surge put an enormous burden on our healthcare workers, tained decline for now more than 2 weeks. This is a clear and at a time when health care worker infections were on the in- robust measure that demonstrates that we are leaving our peak. crease at a faster rate. The surge was also taking place during Our reproductive number for infection is now below 1. This is our festive season period, when more people come together to another measure that demonstrates decline and that we are socialise with family and friends, and when more people arrive leaving our peak. The surge of hospitalisations has ended, and at our trauma units as a result of alcohol related harms. This there is stabilisation. We continue to have capacity to respond was creating a perfect storm that at that moment shifted the and no person has been denied treatment at our facilities over balance we had fought hard for. We needed to get the balance this time. The infection rate amongst healthcare workers has right again by helping our healthcare system. declined. In supporting some of these restrictions (the Western Cape was “While under pressure, we had enough beds and oxygen against the beach ban from the start as it was not based on to respond during second wave”. good scientific advice), we were clear that they needed to be reviewed after fourteen days, and every seven days thereafter, At the same time, the Western Cape has brought online capacity based on evidence and data. to ensure care for every person who needs it: “The Western Cape’s surge has ended & new cases, oxy- All 200 beds at the Mitchells Plain Hospital of Hope field hospital gen usage, healthcare worker infections and test posi- have been commissioned. Not all of these beds have been used. tivity on decline”. Of the 136 additional beds that could have been brought online should more be needed, we have only needed to bring 20 beds It has now been 21 days since that announcement was made online because of the hospital stabilisation. Our additional supply and we have to reconsider our position based on the data and of oxygen has meant that all our facilities have adequate oxy- evidence available to us. In doing so, we need to ask ourselves: gen, and one of the five tankers have been returned. We have is the balance in saving both lives and livelihoods being sufficient PPE supplies for healthcare workers and other frontline achieved currently? staff. We have now made offers to 529 healthcare workers to increase healthcare worker capacity. 81 have started already. The answer to this question is no. Key job creating sectors of our economy are buckling and shedding jobs at a time when we The evidence and data are clear that the Western Cape has have passed our second wave peak and our platform is success- passed its peak, and while there is pressure, we have adequate fully responding to the pandemic. Our health platform response capacity and resources to provide care to every person who demonstrates this: Continued on page 11 10 [email protected]

Vrydag 22 Januarie 2021 11 Update on the ling as a result.A closing time for 22h00 for establishments, that coronavirus will allow for staff to get home before curfew begins. Alcohol sales be permitted offsite from Monday to Thursday, and not Continued from page 10 permitted on the weekend. Alcohol sales be permitted at wine needs it. farms on the weekend, as this is the time when most visitors “The Western Cape’s economy is bleeding, and balance come to wine farms. Such sales are critical for the survival of is not currently being achieved in saving both lives and wine tourism in the Western Cape. Onsite alcohol consumption livelihoods”. be allowed. If restaurants cannot sell alcohol with dinner ser- On the other side of the equation, the data is clearly pointing to vice, they will not remain profitable and will be forced to close. serious economic challenges in the Western Cape, that is cost- This will result in many job losses. ing jobs and hurting the most vulnerable in our communities: As is clear from above, we are not requesting a complete lifting The first two weeks of the latest alcohol ban is estimated to of all restrictions as it is important to get the balance right as we have cost the Western Cape economy R1 billion. This has im- continue to exit our peak. In particular, the number of people pacted 1 893 direct jobs in the retail sector and 905 induced being permitted to gather should not be relaxed at this point, as and indirect jobs across the value chain resulting in 2 798 jobs there is clear evidence that the greater the number of people being compromised. If the ban is to continue for a full month, it gathering in an enclosed space, the greater the risk of infection. will end up costing the Western Cape’s economy R2 billion. This We will continue to monitor our data on a weekly basis and would then impact 5 596 jobs. should there be evidence to support additional restrictions being relaxed, we will do so without hesitation. “We need to change our deadly relationship with alco- hol, but blanket bans are not sustainable”. Nearly 30% of restaurants surveyed have closed temporarily or I do want to pause for a moment to address alcohol related permanently, based on data from Restaurant Association of harms, which remains a major challenge in our province and South Africa. There is an inflection point where shortened oper- country. The restrictions on alcohol sales without a doubt helped ating hours do not make business sense to operate, resulting in reduce alcohol related harms over the last two weeks. Over New workers losing their jobs. Year’s Eve in particular, when we usually have full trauma Wine grapes represent 50,3% of the 181 233 ha under produc- wards, we had a relatively quiet evening. This did help our tion in the Western Cape, and the replacement value of these health care workers during an unprecedented surge caused by wine grapes amount to R33,94 billion. The Western Cape’s De- this new more infectious variant. partment of Agriculture estimates that 45 610, people work in With that said, it is simply not possible to ban alcohol indefinite- the primary production side of the wine industry and it supports ly. As set out above, the sector simply employs too many people 228 053 people. and supports too many households for it to be shut down. It is Based our tourism multiplier model, which has been used in the also critical for our tourism and hospitality sector, which em- Western Cape’s research for many years, the continued beach ploys hundreds of thousands of people in our province. ban is costing the sector over R120 million per month. Some The Western Cape is continuing, as quickly as possible, with the 12.8% of the annual 8 million visitors indicate beach visits as amendment to the Western Cape Liquor Act to address alcohol their top activity. When this significant impact on jobs in the related harms in a sustainable manner, because it is clear our Western Cape is considered in relation to our latest health data deadly relationship with alcohol needs to change urgently. it becomes clear that a change to existing restrictions are need- “If the Western Cape can gain access to additional vac- ed in the Western Cape. This needs to be done in a safe way, cines, it will, of course, accept them”. that does not undermine the health response, and which is The Western Cape Government continues with its planning for based on common sense. the rollout of vaccines to health care workers, as part of the first “I have written to Minister Mkhize to relax certain re- phase of our rollout strategy. We are however still awaiting clar- strictions in the Western Cape, so we get the balance ity on when the first dosages, announced by Minister Mkhize, right again”. will arrive in the Western Cape. We are planning around the first I have therefore written to the Minister of Health, Dr Zweli week of February. Mkhize, to request the following changes to restrictions in the We have also initiated an internal communications process to Western Cape, as a matter of urgency: ensure that our health care workers and professionals are pro- The ban on beaches and other public spaces must be lifted in vided with the information they need in advance of this rollout. our province. Open spaces with good ventilation are safer and This campaign will be ramped up during the course of this week they do not provide a high risk. Furthermore, the festive season and in the week ahead. It is important that we allay any fears is over, and people are back at work. The curfew be changed to health care workers have so that we have a high take up when 23h00 to 04h00. The current curfew makes it impossible for the vaccines arrive. restaurants to provide a dinner service and this sector is buck- Continued on page 14 National hotline: 0800 029 999 Provincial hotline: 021 928 4102 Toll-free hotline: 080 928 4102 WhatsApp \"Hi\" to 0600 123 456 Email: [email protected] [email protected] 11

12 Vrydag 22 Januarie 2021 Toortsie skryf... Die Willepes Ewe arrogant het ek gedink: Die willepes gaan my nie vang nie. O nee! I’m not going to take part. Ek drink my Vitamien C, Selenium en sink, gebruik echinaforce, hou my redelik weg van mense af. My kop is reg, hy moenie Coviddink hy gaan vir my inhaal nie. So kom die Desembervakansie en die hele land stroom see toe, ‘n blik@#$ soos die gebruik mos maar is. Ek moet sê, ek dink hulle was minder vanjaar. Die tweede vlaag van die virus kom ook isaangewaai. My doktersvriendin sê hoe hard hulle werk, elke tweede persoon het covid. Ek gaan NIE sy naam met ‘n hooflet- ter skryf nie, hy is dit nie werd nie. Covid is ‘n blik@#$ ‘n gemors die vieslikste vieslik wat daar is ‘n gesant van die duiwel ‘n dief in die nag wat Ons gaan see toe, maar behou die afstand. Ons en ons kinders kyk wat hy kan inpalm ‘n brullende leeu wat kyk wat hy kuier maar by die huis. Ons eet nie uit nie. Gaan stap daar ver kan verslind. Covid is al die vieslikste woorde wat ek nie op Struisbaai se plaat waar daar nie ander mense is nie. Stap eers ken nie. ‘n Kind van die donker. van Waenhuiskrans af Struisbaai toe, die enigste drie mense op die strand. Saam met die kleinkinders plas ons eenkant in die Daarom bekruip hy jou in die nag. Laat hy jou wakker lê. Maak poeletjies, ver van enige ander mense af. Ons gaan kuier ook jou lyfseer dat jy later nie meer weet hoe om te lê nie. Laat hy nie by ander nie, het wel by een mens gaan kuier vroeg in die jou aanmekaar opstaan om te gaan piepie net sodat jy weer aan vakansie en het buite gesit. En verlede week het ek ‘n boek by die hoes raak as jy in die nagkoue onder die warm kombers iemand gaan haal. uitklim. Maak dat jy bang is om te gaan piepie, want dan kom die hoes weer. Laat jou so sweet dat jy elke twee ure droog Die hele tyd bou daar vog in my bors op. Ek het my longe drie moet aantrek, ‘n nuwe handdoek onder jou sit. Laat jou die een jaar gelede seergemaak. Dit gebeur van tyt tot tyd, dan moet oomblik so koud kry net om die volgende oomblik warm te ek ‘n slag by die dokter uitkom as dit tè erg raak. Verlede wees. Laat jou wakker stik van jou eie slym, verward terwyl jy Maandag besef ek, ek is siek. Ek onthou an ‘n houertjie antibi- nie weet waar jy is nie, want jy het vir die eerste keer die nag otika by die huis, maar voel intussen weer beter, tot kouekoors diep geslaap. my tref teen Vrydag. Saterdagoggend besef ek: Ek is regtig siek. Die dokter sê: Longontsteking. Covid. Laat jou stikkend in die huis rondhardloop, moeg en uitgeput na liggaam omdat jy net nie meer kan hoes nie, maar aanhou hoes, Ja, ek was dalk tè arrogant. ‘n Vriendin hèt gesê dat covid jou die nebuliseerder gryp, kookwater maak en jou te begin stoom. aanval daar waar jou swakplek is. Met longe wat reeds aan die Jou bloedsuurstof oor en oor toets, want dit is op die ‘veilige’ vog opbou was, was die hekke oop. minimum, die geringste uitputting laat dit sak na 88 dan haal jy diep asem, konsentreer, forseer jou om te ontspan sodat die Ek beveg hom met alles in my. Dink ek het dalk al die draaipunt metertjie weer begin lig en lig. Covid hou daarvan om jou te bereik. Is veilig by my huis, genadiglik mis ek die hospitaal nog ontstel. Bang te maak. rakelings. Ek het wonderlike mense wat na my kyk en my Here is goed vir my. Covid is ‘n gemors. Selfs op sy heel beste is hy die grootste gemors denkbaar en is daar vir hom geen goeie woord te sê nie. Al wat ek vir julle wil sê: Neem hom ernstig op asseblief. Dit is Covid laat jou huil. Hy laat jou vriende by jou voordeur wegwys geen grap nie. en sê hulle kan nie inkom nie. Hy steel. Hy vat wat hy wil hê wanneer hy wil hoeveel hy wil. Hy het geen skaamte, geen sim- Toortsie patie, geen empatie. Hy dink net aan homself. Me, myself, I. Willepesbenaming by my skoonsus geleen. Maar so in die stikkende, benoude hardloop in die huis kom die woorde in my op: Nogtans sal ek in my Here jubel. Selfs al dink hy hy kan my steel, het ek vir hom ‘n surprise: Ek is klaar ge- merk. Hy kan my liggaam aftakel. Hy kan my selfs doodmaak as hy so wou, wat ek sterk betwyfel, maar selfs dán is dit ‘n VER- LOOR vir hom. Dat alles wat hy my probeer aandoen, my net nader bring aan my Here. Ek is ‘n gesalfde kind van God en nie- mand kan my uit Sy hand ruk nie. Die oorlog is fel, maar ek veg dit nie alleen nie. My God is saam met my in hierdie geveg. En my man. En ‘n paar wonderlike dokters. En vriende wat vir my bid en bemoedig. Nogtans sal ek juig (Jannie du Toit). Getoonset deur Christa Steyn “Selfs al sou die vye ophou bloei Selfs al sou die druiwe skaars nog groei Ook al sou die oes maar weer misluk storms als verwoes of droogte druk Selfs al sou my skape ophou lam nes die water opdroog in die dam Selfs al word die beeste in my kraal uitgeteer deur honger weiveld kaal Vervolg op bladsy 14 12 [email protected]

Vrydag 22 Januarie 2021 13 Jakkals & Wolf se kapperjolle ...daar doer in die Bosveld. [email protected] 13

14 Vrydag 22 Januarie 2021 Covid is ‘n blik@#$ infected. We therefore have to continue to change our behav- iour until such stage as the pandemic is over. Vervolg van bladsy 12 Please: Dan sal my hart bly jubel in die Here Wear a clean cloth mask, covering your nose and mouth, when Dan bly ek juig oor die God van my heil out in public or with people outside your household. Keep your Hy gee my weer krag om op te staan hands clean, by washing them regularly and sanitizing. Avoid nes ‘n ribbok rats my weg te baan the 3Cs: that is, crowded places, confined space and close con- bo-oor die hoogste rots laat die Here my veilig gaan tact. Avoid non-essential gatherings. Outdoors is better and Wat ookal gebeur as onheil kom safer, so if you are seeing a family members, keep it short, EK VERTROU OP HOM. smaller, well-distanced and outside. Selfs al sou jou vrugte ophou bloei If we all keep ourselves and our loved ones safe, we can make Selfs al sou jou wingerd skaars nog groei sure the Western Cape moves forward again. Ook al dreig die storms rondom jou Source & photo: Western Cape Government Wees verseker Hy bly getrou.” So Covid, die stryd is fel, regtig, maar die Een aan my sy, is groter as jy. (Hierdie is my ervaring van Covid, elke persoon ervaar dit an- ders, baie ervaar dit nog baie erger as wat ek dit ervaar het. Ek loof die Here dat ek tot nou toe nog die hospitaal gespaar bly en die betervoeltye al hoe meer raak.) Toortsie Ek vra verskoning dat ek julle nou aanmekaar met hierdie gemors belas. Ek skryf dit ook om julle te waarsku: Hierdie ding is nié ‘n grap nie. Asseblief, ons moet versigtiger as versigtig wees. Ons moet ons ekstra weerhou daarvan om by mense te kuier. Ons maskers dra. Doen maar wat die president vra, selfs al hou jy nie van hom of van wat hy wil hê nie. Update on the coronavirus Continued from page 11 We are also planning a major external communications cam- paign, that will start even before vaccines are secured, so that we take on the growing tide of fake news on vaccines. More information on this campaign will be announced in due course. As we have done throughout this pandemic, we will continue to work with our national counterparts – in the spirit of the consti- tutionally enshrined principle of cooperative governance. This includes with vaccines. With this said, our government shares with the national government responsibility for health services, which is a concurrent function under the Constitution, and it would hence be irresponsible for our government to sit back and do nothing when it is clear that there is currently not enough vaccines secured for the Western Cape. As part of our due diligence as a provincial government, we will, of course, accept vaccines if we are able to secure more of them. This would not only be for the benefit of the Western Cape, but also for the country as a whole. South Africa faces an enormous challenge in securing vaccines after being late to order them, and any additional vaccines secured should be viewed as posi- tive assistance to our national cause. There is nothing in law that prevents this, and it is morally and ethically the right thing to do. The truth is that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a dev- astating impact on this country and vaccines are an important tool in managing the impact of this virus. Vaccines can save lives and as a caring and responsible govern- ment, we must be doing everything we can to ensure that we secure as many doses as possible, as quickly as possible. “Easing of some restrictions need to be matched by per- sonal responsibility”. Finally, it is important that we do not let our foot off the pedal and that we continue to stay safe. While we are seeing the Western Cape exit its peak, there are still many people who are 14 [email protected]

Vrydag 22 Januarie 2021 15 Gaan loer in by Caledon se museum... [email protected] 15

16 Vrydag 22 Januarie 2021 History from the Overberg Jimmy Herbert Museum Coins on display Merestein (1702) & Fame (1822) Every time we visited our beach house in Cape Agulhas since 1978, our first stop in Bredasdorp was the Bredasdorp Shipwreck Museum. The same applies to Struys Bay harbour on eventually arriving at this lovely coastal village. Our museum visits were always enjoyed with a camera in hand The coin on display next to the above collection is that of the - resulting in hundreds, if not thousands of photographs. The English wooden merchant vessel the Fame (1822) en route to subsequent personal archives of the latter cover the same dis- England from Madras, India. In June of 1822, the Fame (1822) play areas, and the modifications made to them over the 42 perished in a heavy swell and found herself driven onto the rocks years in question. On entering the shipwreck hall, excitement at Sea Point in Table Bay. Only four survived to tell the tale. and anticipation was high, I would invariably find something I Six years before the discovery of the Merestein (1702), George had not seen before. and James Bell rediscovered the Fame's remains. The Bell broth- After this 'lockdown' period, when South Africans are granted ers went on to recover a little over six hundred gold coins, as more freedom, a visit to this educational and well-run Ship- well as a few silver coins and copper pennies. wreck Museum is highly recommended - the only one of its kind in South Africa. One of the many exciting assemblies of arte- facts on display is the coin collections. The coins found were very similar to those recovered from the Arniston (1815). The gold M ohur denom inations (struck circa 1820) were by far the most brought to the surface from the Fame (1822). N aturally, none of these lovely coins w as onboard the Arniston (1815). This educational display consists of 16 coins of eight types (obverse and reverse) recovered. These range from the small yet beautiful star pagoda's to the much larger Muhur's. The star pagodas were minted using the ancient hammering technique. Small blobs of gold were placed on between reverse and obverse die, then hammered. The result was an irregularly shaped coin with some cracks along the edge. For any treasure or numismatic enthusiast, these two displays are a must-see. This second most southern museum proudly boasts a represent- JIMMY HERBERT ative coin sample of no less than four shipwrecks: Retired lecturer: The Merestein (1702), Nicobar (1783), Arniston (1815) and Stellenbosch University the Fame (1822). An interesting fact, with regard to the muse- (1977-2013) um's four collections, is that every single coin was donated by Writer & Specialist in Maritime History divers (Brian Clarke ; Tubby Gerieke ; Chivel, Groenewald and Archaeology and Herbert). This article will only address the oldest and most recent ship- wreck coins. The earliest collection consists of ten coins off the Merestein (1702). This Dutch VOC outw ard -bound vessel from Amsterdam was transporting troops and a valuable con- signment of coinage for Batavia. On approaching Saldana Bay (May 1702), due to an urgent need of freshwater, the skipper decided to make for the watering place there. As the ship approached Jutten Island a cry, \"Breakers ahead\", was heard. Soon after she struck, and within an hour, she was pounded to pieces. The skipper and the majority of his passen- gers and crew perished in the waves. By nothing less than a miracle, 97 persons managed to struggle up onto Jutten Island. After lying there undisturbed for 269 years (almost to the day), divers discovered the underwater site. Thousands of coins of 7 different types were recovered: Rijkdaalder, Ducatoon, Half Ducatoon, Silver Rider, Half Silver Rider, Shillings, and Dubble Stuivers. The museum has two examples each of five of the seven types (see display). 16 [email protected]