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When, while the lovely valley teems with vapour around me, and the meridian sun strikes the upper surface of the impenetrable foliage of my trees.
As a young boy I remember growing up near Bothaville. The fancy farmer living next door bought one of the very first Hilux 4x4s in South Africa. Every afternoon we would run up to the road to watch him go by in his beautiful four-wheeled machine. After which we would usually say, “Ja boet, one day I’m going to buy one of those trokkies…”
Nampo’s annual Harvest Day continues to attract farmers in their droves from across the length and breadth of South Africa. FOCUS travelled to the outskirts of Bothaville in the Free State to find out what the hype’s all about.
The strike by members of the SA Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (Satawu) and the United Transport and Allied Trade Union (Utatu) brought some sectors of industry to their knees. Now that it’s over, GERHARD HORN counts the cost.
Despite being bombarded with information about the negative impact of the ever-increasing number of vehicles on our roads, how many of us are really listening? And is there anything we can do that will make a difference? STUART MOIR investigates the hype around gas.
Every year, the tiny maize-farming town of Bothaville comes alive to welcome visitors from South Africa and abroad to the Nampo Harvest Day festival. This year the town was ready, with their shuttle service sporting new MAN-sponsored buses.
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