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MEDIA RELEASE issued by the FARE (Future of Agriculture and the Rural Economy) Process

FARE Panel begins engagements with agriculture stakeholders

9 May 2013

Recent conflicts in rural areas have shown that the challenges facing the Western Cape agriculture sector are beyond the scope of any one stakeholder or sphere of government to resolve. To this end, the Future of Agricultural and the Rural Economy (FARE) process was launched at Elsenburg on 26 April 2013, following four months of consultation and deliberation with roleplayers comprising different spheres of government, labour, organized agriculture, NGOs and smallholder farmers.

International Donkey Week is from 7 to 14 May. Take care of donkeys!

Pictured left to right are Mmes.Suzette Plaatjies,Lorraine Pretorius and Rina de Villiers from the library.

Barrydale Library set up a display of books, videos and other donkey related items to promote donkey care. McGregor Donkey Sanctuary very kindly donated two educational CD’S that can be loaned from the Library, Afrikaans and English versions are available.

Ouroboros is set to tour Europe from September to December this year. The show will open it’s French season at the World Festival of Puppet Theatre in Charleville-Mézières. The tour is made possible by theInstitut Francais de l’Afrique du Sud and the  National Arts Council of South Africa.

Having premiered at the 2010 National Arts Festival  in Grahamstown, Ouroboros went on to run at the  Baxter Theatre in 2011 and Out The Box Festival in Cape Town. It won the 2012 Fleur du Cap Theatre Award for Best Puppetry Design and was nominated for best sound and lighting design.


Ouroboros will be touring to Charleville-Mezieres, Brugges, Toulouse, Combs La Ville, Fontenay sous Bois, Mulhouse and Strasbourg amongst other venues. There are still a few dates available in the tour. Interested producers should contact Handspring’s European agent Quaternaire: ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )


‘A beautiful story of love won and lost over a lifetime. . . told in a most unusual and refreshing way which makes it linger in the mind long after the curtain has fallen. Definitely worth an evening out!’ - Cape Town Tourism

‘...a world which is fantastical and yet manages to hold up a mirror to human vulnerability and mortality. A primal piece of story-telling that defies description.’ - The Cape Critics

‘Ouroboros thrilled and delighted us all; this is the best show I have seen in years.’ - Thelma Mort, Cape Town Kids


‘Sometimes even the seasoned theatre-goers get to be surprised, elated and dazzled by the performance less expected. I encountered such brilliance at Ouroboros.’ - The Daily Maverick

* * * * The Cape Argus

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Come and join us on Sunday 12th May 2013 at Clarke of the Karoo Restaurant, Barrydale Karoo Hotel, for a very special Mother's Day lunch. When you take a look at our menu you will agree that the price of just R155 per person is extremely reasonable!

MENU

Amuse Bouche

Pea & Ham Soup
OR
Roasted Vegetable Soup

Fillet of Hake in Beer Batter: Tartar Sauce

Roast Leg of Karoo lamb & Mint Sauce
Dauphinoise Potatoes and Fresh Vegetables
OR
Chicken & Mushroom Pie with Rice
& Fresh Vegetables
OR
Homemade Spinach & Ricotta Ravioli
with shaved Parmesan & Basil infused Olive Oil

Cape Brandy Pudding & Custard
OR
Black Cherry & Vanilla Ice on Pecannut Espresso Coffee Biscuit

Coffee
Booking essential at 083 253 9755

MEDIA RELEASE issued by FARE (Future of Agriculture and the Rural Economy) Process 

Recent wage strikes and conflicts in De Doorns and other farming areas have brought to the fore the challenges facing the agriculture sector and food production in particular. Many of the issues facing the sector are beyond the resources and scope of any one stakeholder or level of government to resolve.

Arising from this realisation, the Future of Agricultural and the Rural Economy (FARE) process was born. The launch of FARE on 26 April 2013 marks four months of consultation and deliberation with stakeholders across a broad spectrum of organisations that make up the economy and social fabric of the region’s agricultural sector, conducted jointly by the Western Cape Economic Development Partnership (EDP) and the Western Cape Economic Development Forum (EDF). 

The FARE process is based on a transition management framework which is, explains Andrew Boraine of the EDP and co-chair of the FARE steering committee: “An approach that includes dialogue around a shared vision and common agenda for the sector, debate about the hard choices and resource constraints, creating spaces for experimentation and innovation, a commitment to projects and partnerships to make things happen, organising appropriate “top-down” support for “bottom up” initiatives, monitoring of delivery, and, holding all stakeholders accountable.”

Steering committee co-chair, Phillip Dexter of the EDF, elaborates further on the process: “As FARE now moves forward with the work of the panel, its objectives are to structure dialogue, build trust, and develop leadership towards the establishment of a shared vision, as well as the identification of projects that can be implemented and measured along with the partnerships that will be required to successfully implement them.” 

FARE’s first task has been to get consensus on the appointment of a panel of independent persons with knowledge of and good standing within the agricultural sector, but who are not directly representative of any of the stakeholders. Guided by the steering committee, and with a commitment to blending inputs from all stakeholders with hard evidence, the panel will also take into consideration the successes and limitations of previous social dialogue and mediation initiatives.

“The main purpose of the launch,” explains Boraine “is to issue an invitation to all stakeholders in agriculture to come and engage with the panel as it sets up sessions across the region. We want to emphasise the inclusivity of the process, and that it also seeks to hear and include those entities that we may not yet have reached in the process to date. Based on a central question: ‘what will the future of agriculture be over the next 10 to 20 years?’, the panel has been put in place to enable FARE to listen, engage and act.”

With the production of an interim report to be completed by end-July and a final report by September 2013, the panel is expected to assist role-players to:

• Develop a shared vision for the future of the sector;
• Establish a common agenda for change and joint action;
• Identify possible social compacts and agreements;
• Identify roles and responsibilities for implementation;
• Identify possible projects, resources and partnerships to help drive implementation;
• Identify a possible structure for a permanent partnership institution to guide and monitor implementation, and
• Recommend any further processes that are considered necessary.

Dexter stresses: “The panel is not a commission of enquiry but rather a mechanism through which stakeholders can build a common agenda and joint action plan. The process is based on a set of shared values. These include an agreement to work together, despite differences, and, commitment to a process that operates in the best interests of all persons, organisations and businesses in the agricultural sector, regardless of political or organisational affiliation.” 

The FARE process is aligned with other initiatives in the sector, such as the Deputy President’s team that is focusing on solving the conflicts around De Doorns, and the Fruit Sector Social Compact process. Says Boraine: “We have engaged with these and other processes to ensure that we minimise overlap and maximise synergy. The idea is to balance interventions which address the immediate symptoms of the crisis with a process that assists stakeholders to also tackle the structural and systemic issues facing agriculture.”

The strength of FARE will lie within the creation of a model that delivers shared vision and feasible and practical implementation, says Dexter: “It’s a process that acknowledges the differences between its diverse groups of stakeholders as well as the lack of trust that has gone before. FARE is a bridging process that will help to cross the divide. And with the process already having been given a green light from diverse organisations with the agricultural industry, we have established the goodwill we need to create a firm centre for the future of agriculture, to the benefit of all stakeholders.”

ENDS

For more information on the FARE process, please contact: Sascha Polkey, Rabbit in a Hat Communications, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 083 414 0552

Andrew Boraine, 083 628 4182, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  

Phillip Dexter, 081 597 8399, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Members of the FARE Panel - back from left to right:  Antonie Gildenhuys, Frans van Wyk, Adrian Sayers, Jan Theron.

Front left to right: Karin Kleinbooi, Tom Thomaga, Venete Klein (CREDIT: EDP)

• Antonie Gildenhuys: Gildenhuys recently retired as a judge of the South Gauteng High Court, and the Land Claims court. During the transition period he served as chairperson of the National Peace Secretariat. Before being appointed to the bench, he practiced as an attorney in Johannesburg and Pretoria.
• Venete Klein: Until recently Klein served on the Absa Group Executive team. She is vice president of BUSA, chairperson of AllPay Consolidated, a board member of the Rural Housing Loan Fund, a trustee of the Absa Foundation Trust, a director at IoDSA, as well as a trustee of the Community Impact Trust
• Karin Kleinbooi: Kleinbooi worked at the Department of Sociology at the University of Stellenbosch and the Centre for Rural Legal Studies before joining PLAAS at the University of the Western Cape in 2004. She has extensive research experience in farming and other rural communities in the Western and Northern Cape.
• Tom Thomaga: Thomaga is a Senior Pastor at Without Walls Christian Family Church. He is also a transformational life coach as well as a programme manager, producer and presenter at the Without Walls broadcasting network.
• Adrian Sayers: Sayers was a researcher at SALDRU-UCT and a trade unionist in a range of sectors. He was a coordinator of regional economic and developmental issues in COSATU before 1994. Since then Sayers has been involved in the institutional design and management of multi-stakeholder dialogue mechanisms such as the Provincial Development Council (PDC) in the Western Cape and similar mechanisms in Mpumalanga.
• Jan Theron: Theron is the coordinator of Labour and Enterprise Policy Research Group (LEP) at the University of Cape Town. He was formerly general secretary of the Food and Canning Workers Union and Food and Allied Workers Union. As well as the research he has undertaken for LEP, he practices as an attorney and has served as part-time senior commissioner for the CCMA.
• Frans van Wyk: For over 20 years, van Wyk has worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), most recently as a partner at PWC Advisory Services responsible for Sustainable Agribusiness in Southern African. Prior to that, Van Wyk was a partner at PWC responsible for Black Economic Empowerment Services in the Agriculture Sector. Van Wyk is currently self-employed, working as director of FPR van Wyk (Pty) Ltd.

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Arno van Tonder says he will be opening a "trendy hair studio" from his home in Barrydale in the near future. Arno has 15 years of training and tells us that hairdressing is his passion. Arno cuts and styles for both ladies and gents and he welcomes children as well. Arno styles for weddings and special occasions too but bookings must be in advance.

The salon will be open 7 days a week from 10h00 to 19h00. Contact Arno on 028 5721612 or 0720765804 for more information.

Come and visit the Donkey Family at Dove Cottage in Barrydale. We have self catering cottage accommodation available and we charge by donation. Our donkey family will be delighted to see you. Barrydale is a beautiful village set in a valley surrounded by mountains.

Phone Carel or Denise on 028 5721961 or 0734158664 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Dove Cottage, 4 Villiers Street Barrydale (in the heart of Barrydale)

Ronel van Vuuren writes "Thought you'd like this link to the great news that Barrydale was voted 2^nd friendliest town in the Western Cape by 94.5 KFM listeners"

https://www.facebook.com/945kfmbreakfast

"This morning we spoke about the friendliest towns/cities in the Western Cape. Here is the top 5 according to your votes on the SMS line:
1) Mossel Bay
2) Barrydale
3) Cape Town City
4) Paternoster
5) Knysna"

www.happythought.co.za

Facilitated by Dawn Garisch

Writing is a way of getting to know who you are, what you are feeling and how you relate to people and the planet. Writing memoir focuses this project on the themes or motifs in one’s own life. We each have a life motif that is more or less unconscious. Yet a distinctive and evolving pattern binds our journey from birth to death into a whole coherent piece.

Imagination is an extraordinary tool. In this workshop we will reclaim imagination as a means to release ourselves into awe and creativity, connectedness and purpose, awareness and pleasure. Through becoming conscious of and engaging with the images that shape our time on earth, we will discover ways to live more creatively, as well as finding refreshing approaches to put our personal stories down on the page.
Beginner writers are welcome.

COURSE DETAILS:

Venue: SanZen Retreat @PERMA Guest Farm, Route 62, Lemoenshoek, Barrydale    

Dates:     Arrive afternoon/evening of Thursday 25th April –
Depart after lunch on Tuesday 30th April 2013

Times:    Friday –Tuesday
9am – 1pm every day
Afternoon & Evening time for writing, reflection, nature walks and rest

Cost:    R3000 includes workshop, all meals, teas & shared accommodation

TO BOOK: Email Susan Greeff: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
A 50% deposit secures your place – Space is Limited

SHORT BIOGRAPHY
Dawn Garisch has had five novels and a collection of poetry published, a short play and short film produced, and has written for television, magazines and newspapers. Three of her novels have been published in the UK.

Basil & Adrian of Handspring Puppets have been invited to present a Key Note Address about their work at the 12th annual India Today Thought Leadership Conclave, in New Delhi, on the 16th March this year.

Residenztheater in association with Handpsring UK on 7 Jule 2013

Stiller opens at the Residenz Theater (Bayerische Staatschauspiel), Munich, Germany on the 7th June in the Cuvilliés Theater.
A new adaptation of the novel by Max Frisch made with Handspring will be directed by Tina Lanik and Mervyn Millar. Actors and puppeteers from the Residenz ensemble will perform with puppets designed by Ed Dimbleby. The puppets are being made in London in advance of rehearsals, which start in April.

Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler awarded an honorary doctorate in Literature.

The University of Cape Town has honoured Adrian Kohler and Basil Jones for their outstanding contribution to contemporary theatre through the medium of puppetry. Both graduated from the Michaelis School of Fine Art at UCT in 1974. In 1981 they established the Handspring Puppet Company (initially with two other Michaelis graduates). It has since become one of the best known and respected puppet companies in the world, with a wide international reputation.


The special genius of Jones and Kohler's work has been to bring their imagination as artists and sculptors to bear in theatrical and performative traditions. Their collaboration with artists such as William Kentridge and, more recently, the Royal National Theatre's WarHorse project has brought their work to international attention. The accolades they have received reflect the astonishment with which audiences have encountered the powerful assimilation of animated puppet-character, sculpture, puppet mastery, and performance.

Handspring wins Special Award from the LA Drama Critics Circle

The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle (LADCC) has announced its nominations and special awards for excellence in Los Angeles and Orange County theatre for 2012. The 44th annual LADCC Awards ceremony will take place on Monday, March 18 at the historic Los Angeles Theatre Center. A special award will be presented to Adrian Kohler with Basil Jones for Handspring Puppet Company, in recognition of the design, fabrication, and direction of the puppets of War Horse. The touring version of WarHorse opened at the Ahmanson Theatre.

On the 24th March the VEP will be holding a march to highlight the plight of people suffering from domestic violence. 6 women from Philisa Abafazi Bethu in Cape Town will be helping with the project and we plan to march door to door and then have a presentation in the "AGS" church next door to the clinic. We are going to have fun doing this and hope that we can pass on the message that domestic violence exists and needs to be eradicated!

For the eighth consecutive year, Engen, in association with the Rotary Club of Empangeni, is supporting the Connection Ride, a group cycle ride that makes charitable donations to worthy recipients at 16 Engen sites along its route across South Africa.
This year’s ride takes off at Mkhuze in the north of KwaZulu-Natal on February 15 and finishes 1 736 kilometres later in Cape Town on March 8.It aims to raise R350 000.
The race has raised in excess of R3 600 000 since it started in 2006.
The Connection Ride is one of Engen’s numerous community outreach initiatives through its Dealer Community Partnership Programme, which supports dealers that seek to help uplift their neighbouring communities. The ride raises funds for various underprivileged communities and projects, including old age homes, hospital projects, crèches and schools for children with disabilities.
Riders will stop at Engen filling stations in various towns along the route and present a donation to charities or community projects. Each donation is identified and made by the local Engen service station, and is then matched by Engen.
“Engen is delighted to be part of this great initiative. We believe it is vital for our dealers to get involved in the communities in which they operate,” said Khanyisa Balfour, Engen’s Corporate Social Investment Manager.

Roete 62 se talent word ge-‘polish’ vir die Absa KKNK

Pedro Kruger en Hennie van Greunen gaan van die 4de tot die 6de Maart die pad vat, al langs die gewilde Roete 62. Hulle is opsoek na die agt talentvolste jongmense langs dié roete vir hul nuwe produksie #checkityt@route62.

"Daai talent kan nou sing, dans, voordrag, dromme speel of selfs stand-up komedie wees," vertel Kruger. Hy is skoon uitasem oor die foon van opgewondenheid, maar is gedruk vir tyd want sy volgende repetisie begin oor 'n paar minute. Kruger en Van Greunen se teatermaatskappy is verantwoordelik vir verskeie groot produksies wat by vanjaar se Absa KKNK sal debuteer. Dit sluit in Die Leo's, wat bekende name soos Sandra Prinsloo en Tobie Cronjé op die verhoog sal hê, Droom met Elana Afrika wat volgens Kruger "die verf van mure af gaan sing", Die monster in die Gang en #checkityt@route62, met die talent van Roete 62 op die verhoog.

Update: The Labrador and his owner have been reunited!

On the morning of 27th February at about 2.30 am I became aware in my half sleep of a rhythmic whining breathy sound somewhere outside . I had a feeling that as the leiwater dams are now full and potential death traps for animals I had an obligation to inspect. The sound appeared to be coming from my neighbour’s dam and as I approached the dam (using a long route around as gates were locked) I heard a plaintive single bark. Even in the moonlight and with a torch it was difficult to see anything above water but something was swimming towards me which I thought was the head of a very small dog. When I grabbed it I found it to be a much larger dog, a Labrador, in fact, and what I had seen was just his nose sticking out of the water – his whole body –even his eyes were below the surface of the water. He was about to go under. I got him out with difficulty as he was an exhausted lump of dead weight and managed to carry him home. I dried him off and put him to bed on a mattress after a bowl of food and milk.

He was a very grateful dog. He is reluctant to leave the kitchen.

Anyone who has lost a beautiful black male Labrador, please contact me on 0285721944 or at No 6 Steyn Street.

"Barrydale Cares" would like to express their sincere appreciation for the donation of R1,000 received from the Barrydale Amateur Dramatic Society (BADS.)  To all of you who performed and to all of you who supported the pantomime, Barrydale Cares is deeply grateful.  As always, the panto was enormously enjoyed by everyone.  

We have also received other donations, where the donors wish to remain anonymous, and here we would like to thank you all once again.  However, I would just mention that further donations have been received from two very kind sisters in Germany who have visited Barrydale and met our social worker, Annaline Zulch, and they realised what good work she is doing.  The funds are utilized to help and support people in need in our area and all donors receive regular updates together with spreadsheet showing all donations and expenditures.  There are no admin costs at all.

A thousand thanks to you all.