Comments for Travels with Akela

Comment on Lessons for a lapdog by Lee

Lee — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:06:28 +0000

Love reading about your 4-footed companions

Comment on The town that lost its soul by CapeInfo

CapeInfo — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:36:30 +0000

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Comment on The town that lost its soul by Maroepa

Maroepa — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:25:14 +0000

Rinus,
EK sien, ek sal objektief wees, en nie veralgemeen nie.

Comment on The town that lost its soul by Maroepa

Maroepa — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:21:44 +0000

Geagte Marici,
Ek is doodnormaal, ek is nie n body guard of image polisher nie. Ek het nog nooit die skrywer ontmoet nie. Ek het per toeval die artikel op FB gesien.
Ek het nie een keer gese ek gaan die ” honde moordernaar ” vermoor nie. Ek het ook nie eenkeer gese ek dink die mense van Mokopane het hulle “souls” verloor nie. Ek het nie eenkeer personnlike aantuigings teenoor jou gemaak nie. Ek het nie eenkeer gese die skrywer is reg of verkeerd nie !!!!

Ek het wel die volgende gese :

Die man wat die hond gemartel het moet die nagevolge van sy aksies dra. Ek het gese die afvuur van n vuurwapen in n residensiele gebbied is n krimenele oortreding. Ek het gese ek gaan iets aan die saak doen !!!
En ek het gese ek soek oplossings !!!
Ek het Jou op n profesionele manier geantwoord en het nie een persoon, behalwe natuurlik die ” hondman” gekritiseer nie.
Ek verwag dieselfde terug.

Lekker dag
Christo Strauss

Comment on The town that lost its soul by Rinus

Rinus — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:04:04 +0000

Maroepa,
In kort: ek is nie spesifiek ‘n dierelefhebber nie. Doen met die mand wat jy wil.
Dit beteken egter nie ek sal rondgaan en diere mishandel nie.

Moet my net nie sleg maak as gevolg van iemand anders se slegte gedrag nie. Dit het niks met my (of enige van die ander mense in Potties) te doen nie.

Met ander woorde: ek gaan iks vir jou doen nie. Wat ek van jou verwag is om objektief te wees en nie te vealgemeen vir die sensasie daarvan nie.

Hoop dit maak vir jou sin.

Groete.

Comment on Lessons for a lapdog by Elaine Hurford

Elaine Hurford — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 05:18:56 +0000

What an amazing story!

Comment on The town that lost its soul by Marici

Marici — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 20:35:21 +0000

@Maroepa
Jy is seker die bodyguarg of image-polisher wat CapeInfo betaal om die hitte van hom af te weer. Miskien is daar ander byvoordele vir jou op die spel. Jy is vinnig om soos ‘n plaat wat vashaak vir almal te vertel hulle mis die punt en jy gaan die hondemoordenaar vermoor, maar jy vergeet die titel van die verslag lui “The town that lost its soul”, niks van honde of moordenaars nie.

Klim asseblief 29Nov. in jou bakkie as jy iets omtrent die saak wil doen en kom woon die DBV se vergadering by, daar kan jy sommer ook die besonderhede van die moordenaar kry. Kom wys jou staal, ek wag vir jou.

@Anon,
You poor thing, you will not be happy anywhere. You are also welcome to attend the meeting, at least you will find some conversation.

Comment on The town that lost its soul by anon

anon — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 14:35:56 +0000

Mokopane is probably the saddest place I’ve ever been. And I have stayed here for 6 years now. Never in my life have I encountered so many 2 faced and narrow minded people. In every small town there will be a lot of gossip and a lack of privacy. Multiply that by 10, list another lot of cons, and u get this town. I have friends here, and I hold onto them. But most, if not all of your worth here, is how much money you make. If you weren’t born here they treat you like some kind of alien!

Comment on The town that lost its soul by Marici

Marici — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:10:24 +0000

@Maroepa
I am a member of the team that actually did something about the abused dog and I am delighted to learn that you are open for suggestions. The local SPCA has 3 vacancies on their committee, our next meeting will take place on 29 November 2011, contact their office and they will be able to supply you with the rest of the details after it is confirmed.
I am looking forward to meet you, we need people who take action and don’t just complain and eagerly awaits solutions from others.
@CapeInfo
Nothing new, all is said.
Good luck with your future projects.

Comment on The town that lost its soul by CapeInfo

CapeInfo — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:24:01 +0000

I’m pleased that you looked around the site and noticed that some effort has been put into writing about Limpopo, but I am surprised that you, as a former town planner, didn’t comment on other posts – like the one on the sustainability of Mokopane, or the unrealised opportunities identified for the Museum precinct or Makapansgat. I don’t hold any grudges and the only disappointment I have are the unrealised opportunities. I’ve tried very hard to understand Limpopo which, to me, seems to be a cross between the Wild West and Darkest Africa. But I have been to places and met people who are delightful and inspiring… in Limpopo.

I was also delighted when you called CapeInfo a “travel institution”. I own it and, yes, it has been around for quite a long time. But you are either mis- or uninformed if you think that a travel journalist needs to be a registered tour guide, or is subject to the Code of Conduct for Tour Guides. I do have 35 years of experience that includes consulting to local government and building professionals, publishing the Institute of SA Architects’ journal, as well as working with the tourism industry. CapeInfo’s newsletter is highly regarded and has over 22,000 subscribers.

Your opinions really fall off the tracks where you say “I can only imagine the suffering Akela has to endure… “. She, like many wolves before her in history, has her pack and would not change it for anything in the world.

In asking me to only focus on the good – to promote tourism, you’re doing exactly what government is doing with its secrecy legislation. CapeInfo’s international credibility is based on the fact that it’s not all puff-pieces, about how everything is good. As things stand when it comes to discretionary tourism to Mokopane, the town is a big miss! And there is no reason that it should be. But it’s people that make a town great. I still have a few stories to publish on the town.