Change your story - "We have a unique opportunity to build on the shoulders of the giants we stand on and create a better place for the next generation.'

1. Volksrust Recorder - Nuus / News 10 April 2015 Recorder 11
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With Jacques de Villiers
I’m sure you know that Cecil John Rhode’s
statue is to be removed from the Cape Town
University because of a whole bunch of
issues including being a colonialist and
messing up everyone’s lives. And, it looks
like the activists have their eyes on Paul
Kruger’s statue too.
I don’t want to get into the why’s and
wherefores of the debate because it is
emotionally charged and a pointless
argument.
But maybe there’s another view. It doesn’t
matter what tribe you belong to, but in one
form or another, it tried to colonise and
subjugate someone – British, Germans, Zulus,
Afrikaners, Spanish, Viking, Hun,Americans
and the like.
Understand that becoming human is an
iterative process and yes, massive mistakes
have been made along the way and are still
going to be made along the way.
But we are all here and benefiting from all
those that have come before us. We are
standing on the shoulders of giants.
Let’s take Britain for example. It’s cool to bash
them, isn’t it? The Afrikaner tribe for the
atrocities in the Boer War and other tribes for
colonising them. But, think about the British
inventions that we all benefit from today (and,
this is just a handful):
- The first telephone -Alexander Graham Bell
- The first steam locomotive - Richard
Trevithick
- The first television - John Logie Baird
- World Wide Web - Tim Berners-Lee
- The first programmable computer - Charles
Babbage
- Sports we enjoy in South Africa - football,
cricket, rugby and tennis
- The light bulb - Joseph Swan (yup he beat
Edison to it)
- Hypodermic syringe -Alexander Wood
- Synthetic dye - William Perkin
- Toothbrush - William Addis
- Safety bicycle - John Kemp Starley
- Cement - Joseph Aspdin
- Stainless Steel - Harry Brearley
- Photography - William Henry Fox Talbot
- Sewage System - Joseph Bazalgette
- Tin can - Peter Durand
If you go back in the annals of history, you’ll
find that pretty much every tribe in this world
has contributed something that we are
benefiting from.
So, if you look at it, everything we are today
is because of the other.
Yes, the way we got there was not always
ideal. But, we are enjoying the fruits of
everyone that has gone before us.
We have a unique opportunity to build on
the shoulders of the giants we stand on and
create a better place for the next generation.
We stand on the
shoulders of giants
"We have a unique
opportunity to build on
the shoulders of the
giants we stand on and
create a better place for
the next generation.'
SonopHengelklubnuus
Sonop Hengelklub herinner al sy lede aan die maandelikse kompetisie
wat plaasvind gedurende die naweek van 11 en 12 April by
Zaaihoekdam. Die kompetisie begin Saterdagoggend om 7-uur en
inweging vind Sondagoggend om 11-uur plaas.
Dit is ook die laaste oorslaapkompetisie vir die somer.
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Kompetisie te Zaaihoekdam
Mahawane Bowling Club held its first
development session for2015 on 5April and
wishes to thank all the club members and
visitors who participated. Our next session
is scheduled for 26 April 2015, and all
interested are more than welcome to take
part in this advantageous exercise.
Graag wil ons ook vir Aubrey Linström en
Charmain van der Merwe, die Maartmaand
se Pro 10 Uitdaging kampioene, gelukwens
met hul oorwinning. Hul het al drie hul
seksiewedstryde gewen en sal, tesame met
naaswenners Abel Bronkhorst en Jaco van
derMerwe,aandieKZNCBPro10latervanjaar
deelneem.
Graag herinner ons alle klublede en
belangstellendesaanMahawaneRolbalklub
se jaarlikse Borgdag wat Saterdag sal
plaasvind.Rolbaluitdieboonsterakkeword
verwag, in wat beloof om ‘n baie genotvolle
toernooi te wees.
Mahawane Bowling Club invites all
interested, young and old, to come and enjoy
social bowls with us on Wednesdays and
Saturdays at 14:00 in the afternoon.
Equipment is available at the Club. For more
information,pleasecontactAbel(0824971341)
orDarlene(0837758588).
Yours in Bowls,
MlR
*Aubrey Linström
and Charmaine van
der Merwe.
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