Find a craft that can feed you if it has to. The Turks have it right.

1. Volksrust Recorder - Column / Rubrieke8 Recorder 10 March 2017
Let's talk Turkey
JOK Inspirational
Do not allow
failure to overtake you
Mr John Oscar Kubeka
Motivational Speaker
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In life don’t allow failure to overtake you.
Take each step seriously and don’t miss a
single opportunity that prevails in your
life. Now you have what it takes to make
everything meaningful. From today on,
your life must challenge you to ensure that
you accomplish all the goals that you have
set. It takes a brave, hardworking and
committed individual to climb the ladder
of success. Therefore you must shine in
all you do, to boost and prove your faith
to succeed. Never mind challenges on the
way to the top, take them as the remedy
that will heal you towards success.
Remember they were meant to test your
readiness and hunger to achieve, do not
fear, do not fear and believe in yourself.
I can’t recall who the guest was on Radio
702 the other day, but what he had to say
rocked me a little. He claimed that every
year 12% of university graduates couldn’t
find jobs. That’s a whopping 170 000.
According to economist, Mike Schussler,
SouthAfrica sits with 27% unemployment.
Clearly, this is a disaster. That evening I
heard an interview on Radio 702 with Chris
van der Merwe, outgoing chief executive
of independent schools operator, Curro
Holdings. The company wants to list a
private higher education business on the
JSE.Van der Merwe believes that it can cater
for 100 000 students over time. By my
reckoning it means that after dropping
serious money on education at Curro
Holdings, another 12 000 graduates will still
be unemployed. I know I’m doing the ‘glass
half empty’ thing ... the optimists will say
that 88% will be employed. This may be
true. But will they be employed in the field
they studied in? Or will it be like Hungary.
If you have one degree you get to become
a street sweeper. If you have three degrees
you get to be a hotel porter. A friend of
mine holidayed in Turkey some years ago.
The tour guide said that it was compulsory
for all Turkish children to study a craft. I’m
not sure what ‘craft’ means. But I’d assume
that it has something to do with working
with your hands ... tiling, mosaics,
bricklaying, carpentry, metalwork and the
like. The logic behind it is that at least you
could create something so you can sell it or
your services and get to eat. I think this is
smart. Could SouthAfrica adopt something
similar? Yes. There, of course are two
challenges of perception. That a university
education is a (the only) road out of poverty.
And, that somehow if you have a university
education, you’re superior to those that
don’t. Or if you go to a fancy private school
or have a fancy title. Let’s talk Turkey and
be serious for a second. When push comes
to shove, I’d rather eat cold porridge than
illusionary dessert. In other words, I’d
rather have work and eat than have a degree
framed on the wall of my shack and starve.
I’m not sure why some graduates have a
superiority complex? Isn’t all work noble?
Isn’t all work, art? `What makes a chief
executive officer think he or she is superior,
and more worthy, than the lady that makes
the tea? Does a fancy title, more money and a
fancy car mean that you’ll find the path to
enlightenment quicker? Do you think there
are unimportant jobs in your organisation?
Like the guard, the cleaner, the janitor, the
packer, the teller, the server or the tea lady?
As president, John F. Kennedy found out
when he visited the NASA space centre in
1962, all jobs are important. He noticed a
janitor carrying a broom and walked over to
him. He asked him what he was doing. The
janitor replied, “Well, Mr. President, I’m
helping put a man on the moon.” Kapow.
Nailed it. This man was helping make history.
So,inthefinalanalysis,allworkismeaningful.
Everybody is important. We all exist and
thrive because of each other. There’s no
menial work. There’s no superior work.
There’s the human spirit.And, there’s nobility.
~ Jacques de Villiers ~
Takkie Tax & Louis
Hildebrandt Children’s Home.
‘Follow Your Heart and Bead-Up-Your-
Step’. Oh yes!!! It is official!!! It is almost
THAT time of the year again! The day that
everybody has been holding their breath
for. . . National Tekkie Tax Day! It has been
the talk of the town on the South African
calendar for the past four years. This year,
Tekkie Tax day will be celebrated on Friday,
26 May 2017. The campaign gives you the
opportunity this year to “bead-up your
step” and show everyone else where your
heart lies. It is as easy as 1 . . .2 . . .3! Choose
your sticker for a cause close to your heart,
Shooossssjjjjj up your Tekkies with their
funky shoelaces, and You are ready for
NationalTekkieTax Day! TekkieTax is SA’s
funkiest, trendiest, most innovative, unique
and successful national fundraising
campaign for welfare organisations. The
campaign started in 2013 when a few of
South Africa’s biggest and most
accountable welfare organisations joined
forces. Since its inception, they have
already raised a whopping R22 million for
participating NGO’s. There are 12 National
Beneficiaries and they represent more than
a 1 000 local non-profit organisations.
They are: Epilepsy SA, Child Welfare SA,
SOS Children’s Villages, CHOC, Special
Olympics SA, CANSA, Imisebeyelanga
Services, Meals on Wheels, VVA, NG
Welfare, SAVF and Endurocad. The Project
has been growing each year and Tekkie Tax
thought it necessary to bring another family
member on board! And this is how Happy
became part of the Tekkie Tax family. . .
Happy is the new Tekkie Tax Mascot with a
BIG heart! He is a boisterous little character
and always ready to have some fun. With
such a joyous little character on board, you
cannot not participate in the 2017 campaign.
The stickers (for a donation of R10 each)
and the Tekkie Tax shoelaces (R35 per pair)
are available at all ToysRUs/BabiesRUs and
Clicks stores nationwide. There are also more
than 280 participating non-profit
organisations selling these items and
together they aim to convince every South
African to be part of the fun. Orders can also
be placed online via the Tekkie Tax website
www.tekkietax.co.za. The media, a whole
bunch of amazing celebrities, hundreds of
companies and thousands of individuals
have pledged their support to this campaign.
Tekkie Tax hopes to add you to this list!
Walk, jump or skip the extra mile in your
Tekkies for a welfare organisation close to
your heart by wearing your sticker of choice
on Friday, 26 May and ‘bead-up-your-step’
with a pair of funky Tekkie Tag shoelaces.
No excuse – join the fun and support
National Tekkie Tax Day!
Country College funky Friday
Country College held the first Funky Friday
of the year on 4 March 2017. The theme was
“OCCUPATIONS”, and the children had to
dress up in the outfit of their favourite
occupation. It was wonderful to see the
* Photos above, left and right are some of the occupations the
learners had to dress up in during the Funky Friday at Country
College
Change
Your
Story
With Jacques de Villiers
variety of occupations represented. From
the cleaner to the CEO, fireman, pilots,
soldiers, nurses, teachers, all were
represented. Professors and doctors,
detectives and policemen, you name it – all
were at Country College last Friday. Many
children made their own costumes – it was
amazing how creative they were. Thank you
everybody for the wonderful spirit of
participation. ~ JR ~
AkademieseuitslaevirVolkies
Akademie byVolkies het 'n goeie week agter
die rug met baie leerders wat ten spyte van
die druk op wintersportgebied steeds puik
presteer het. Graad 12 leerders skryf Fisiese
Wetenskappe en Tatiana Argyropoulou
behaal 87, met Mikayla Willemse kort op
haar hakke met 85 en Sameeya Moola 82.
Ook die graad 11 leerders skryf Fisiese
Wetenskappe. Toinette Viljoen en Marnus
Venter behaal 90, Dian Delport 88,
Samkelisiwe Ngubane 83, Lizanne Strydom
ook 83 en Ivan Moller 82. Graad 10 skryf
Wiskunde enWian Moolman behaal 92, Iste
Islam 90, Muhammad Jhetam 86, Sep Uys
ook 86 en Nomfundo Nkosi 84. Fisiese
Wetenskappe word ook deur die graad 10
leerders geskryf. Wian Moolman behaal
hier 90. Grade 8 learners wrote a narrative
essay for English First Additional
Language. Mariska le Roux and Marlize
Delport scored 90, Zoë Muller, WJ Hatting
and Nathan Egel scored 85 with Arno
Strydom on 80.
Baie geluk aan elkeen van hierdie Volkies
wat so mooi presteer het.
~Marietjie Steyn~