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Spore en Stof

By |November 2nd, 2011|Shop|

‘n Vrou en ‘n Volla van Transvaal tot die Wes-Kaap

Deur: Louise Schweickerdt-Alker

Op 32-jarige ouderdom, het ek begin voel soos ‘n bonsaiboompie; van drome, ideale, wense en wortels gesnoei om klein genoeg te wees om in ‘n piepklein potjie geprop te word vanwaar my takke gebuig kan word om “mooi” binne die samelewing te kan inpas.

Ek wou myself weer vind, wou vrylik en diep weer kon asemhaal en weet dat ek leef!  Toe doen ek wat ek lankal wou doen en klim in my 1971 Volkswagen Beetle en ry vrou-alleen deur Suid-Afrika .

4252 km in drie weke: Winburg, Bloemfontein, Die Nasionale Vrouemonument, Springfontein, Colesberg, Gamkaskloof – Die Hel, Matjiesfontein, Hermanus, Gansbaai, Knysna, Nieu-Bethesda, Die Uilhuis, Cradock …

In Spore en Stof, deel ek my ervarings – my vrese en vredes – en die liefde vir ons ongelooflike mooi land.

Ek onthou die rustigheid wat gekom het met my drie weke op reis; dalk lees mens iets daarvan tussen die lyne raak. Dit is my wens vir almal wat deur die boek saam met my op reis sal wees.

… Daar lê stukkies van my orals waar ek was.  Ek wonder of die wind hulle rondwaai, die golwe hulle rondspoel, dalk […]

Wonder Pic Of The Week

By |October 23rd, 2011|Wonder Pic of the Week|

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Wonder Pic Of The Week

By |October 20th, 2011|Wonder Pic of the Week|

Photo by Melanie Herbst

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When First Is Not First

By |October 20th, 2011|VW Wonders|

Article by John Lemon

VWSA has recently celebrated the 60th anniversary of the first Beetle off the production line in Uitenhage which took place on 31 August 1951.

There are only a few surviving photographs of what should have been a momentous occasion, however the few that survive do tell a very interesting story.

During 2000 in preparation for VWSA’s 50th anniversary celebrations in 2001, I was asked to research and write some articles on the history of SAMAD (South African Motor Assemblers and Distributors) as VWSA was then known as and some of the cars built there like Studebakers and Austins.
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Wonder Pic Of The Week

By |October 12th, 2011|Wonder Pic of the Week|

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