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Terme en voorwaardes Die lewe kom met terme en voorwaardes, soos met daardie selfoon kontrak wat jy teken.

Daar is altyd daardie fynskrif in jou kontrak waarvoor jy nie tyd het om te lees nie, want sodra jy die nuutste model foon in jou gatsak het, maak niks anders saak nie.

Mense lees die fynskrif, want niks is wat jy sien op ‘n advertensie nie.

So is dit ook met jou mediesefonds, jy stem saam met hul voorwaardes deur om jou aansoek te bevestig met jou handtekening, maar dalk is jy nie so bewus van daardie by-betalings nie. So het elkeen van ons ons terme en voorwaardes waarvolgens ons leef en nie juis omgee wat ander mense van ons sê of dink nie. Ons volg nie mense se goeie raad of waardevolle advies nie, want jou hardkoppigheid oor jou terme en voorwaardes steek kop uit in moeilike situasies. Dalk bevind jy of ‘n geliefde julself in ‘n baie moeilike situasie waar jy jou eie terme volg. Die lewe verloop nie altyd soos wat jy of ek dit beplan het nie.

Jy het jou eie terme en voorwaardes waarvolgens jy leef. Dan kom jy by een of ander kruispad in jou lewe wat als in ‘n oomblik verander, en dinge loop lelik skeef. Dit bring jou tot ‘n punt waar jy jou terme en voorwaardes moet aanpas. My terme en voorwaardes is eenvoudig gestel.

Ek leef my lewe voluit. Ek maak die beste

van ‘n slegte situasie. Ek leef vir die oomblikke saam met my familie en dit maak my gelukkig om elke sekonde saam met hulle te waardeer. Ek leef daarvoor om op te staan vir dit wat reg is en om vir mense op te staan wat nie dit kan doen nie.

Vir baie van ons verloop 2020 nie soos wat ons dit beplan het nie. Wie sou nou ooit kon dink dat ek myself by die huis bevind en dit terwyl die ou normaal daarmee heen is? Baie van ons het baie planne gehad vir 2020 wat vir nou van die baan af is. Wat het jy als gestipuleer in jou terme en voorwaardes vir 2020.

Daardie fynskrif is dat jy altyd moet aanpas wanneer die lewe jou onkant vang, wanneer die onvoorspelbare voor jou deur staan. Ek moes so aanpas om heeltyd by die huis te wees en beter na myself te kyk as wat ek al klaar het. Ja, almal moes dit doen. Baie van ons moes aanpas toe onsekerheid oor die toekoms besig was om ons onder te kry. Daardie onsekerheid is nogals erg met die gedagte dat jy byna geen idee het, sou die ergste gebeur, hoe jy vir jouself gaan sorg nie. Dit leer ons ook op ‘n baie goeie en harde manier dat niks in die lewe gewaarborg is nie. Jy moet aanpas en vir jouself uitpluis wat belangrik is in die lewe, nog ‘n fynskrif wat ons gemis het in die eerste drie maande van 2020.

Waardeer wat jy in die lewe het en besef

dat die lewe hopeloos te kort is vir al die negatiewe dinge. Elkeen moet weer op ‘n manier leer, ten spyte van die onsekerheid, als okay gaan wees en dat God altyd daar is om vir alles te sorg. Die lewe is soms te kort om oor jou onderlip te val en somtyds moet jy net glimlag in senutergende oomblikke as ‘n politieke figuur sukkel met sy gesigsmasker. Ek het geleer dat dit heel normaal is om aan te pas in huidige om-

standighede en daarvolgens jou terme en voorwaardes aan te pas. Maar dit is ook belangrik om nie al jou terme en voorwaardes aan te pas nie. En om nie te verander wie jy is as mens om ander mense tevrede te stel nie. Jy moet nooit voel dat jy alleen is nie. Nog ‘n term is dat jy daardie awesome mens is wat GOD jou gemaak het.

Die laaste term bly positief oor die toekoms daar is lig aan die einde van die tonnel.

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Die uittreestrategie Lande regoor die wêreld moet voorberei op die lewe na Covid-19 Hoe om geestelik en andersins voor te berei op ‘n nuwe lewe, nadat die grendelperiode van die koronavirus geëindig het.

Die normale lewensgang van mense sal waarskynlik herdefinieer word in die postkoronavirusfase wanneer die inperking opgehef word en die massas hul daaglikse roetine hervat.

Soos President Cyril Ramaphosa op 23 April in sy gesprek met die nasie verduidelik het, word die inperking landwyd gedeeltelik opgehef. Dit sal nie eenmalig gebeur nie, om te voorkom dat

‘n stormloop van mense dadelik die omgewing en winkels bestorm.

Die benadering van inperking word in verskillende graderings vlakke aangepak; vanaf ‘n vlak 5, die strengste grendelvlak na ‘n vlak 4 geleidelik en in advies en kennis van wat die res van die wêreld doen, georkestreer.

Gesinsdinamika gaan waarskynlik nooit weer dieselfde wees na die opheffing van die inperking nie, en dis belangrik om die algemene gesinsprobleme en moontlike oplossings na te vors.

Leo Tolstoy het dit die beste uiteengesit toe hy sê dat “alle gelukkige gesinne dieselfde is, maar elke ongelukkige gesin is op hul eie manier ongelukkig.” Alhoewel elke gesinseenheid sy eie individuele probleme het, is daar algemene gesinsaangeleenthede wat baie gesinne ondervind. Dit voel miskien asof ons persoonlike situasies onoorkombaar is, maar in die meeste gevalle is hierdie “probleme” dinge wat miljoene gesinne regoor die wêreld mee worstel en tog oorkom.

Alhoewel dit aanvanklik amper onmoontlik lyk, kan bykans alle gesinskwessies deurgewerk word met genoeg toewyding en inligting.

Gesinsdinamika kan beskryf word as die interaksie tussen familielede. Elke gesin is op sy eie manier uniek en het verskillende gesinsdinamika, maar daar is baie raakpunte wat by meeste gesinne voorkom.

Alle gesinne het ‘n paar opbouende en soms afbrekende familieneigings. Dinge wat hierdie dinamika beïnvloed, is gesinshiërargie, besluitneming en probleemoplossing maar daar is baie dinge wat gedoen kan word om die dinamika te verbeter.

Ongeag hoe ver familielede uitmekaar gedryf het of nou saam vasgevang is in die inperkingstyd en dalk op mekaar se senuwees werk, is daar altyd ‘n kans om verhoudings weer op te bou en te verbeter, solank almal ontvanklik en bereid is om saam te werk.

Die besluit om saam na ‘n beter toekoms en hegter verhoudings te werk, is ongetwyfeld die eerste stap wat geneem moet word om die gesin se dinamiek te verbeter.

In geen gesin is foutloosheid of perfeksie iets wat bestaan nie. Selfs die mees funksionele families met die naaste verbintenisse sal steeds dikwels argumente en meningsverskille hê.

Die werklike doelwit om na te streef is om op die ou einde seker te maak dat die kwessies vir almal in die gesin uitwerk.

Daarom speel kommunikasie so’n belangrike rol en is dit noodsaaklik om op ‘n eerlike en openlike manier met mekaar te praat en na mekaar te luister.

Ekstra tyd en aandag moet aan gesinsbelange gegee word. Dit sluit in hoe gereeld en hoe mens kies om tyd saam met jou gesin deur te bring.

Mens kan daarvan ‘n punt maak om etenstye saam aan tafel te sit instede dat elkeen kies om voor die TV te sit of met ‘n selfoon besig te wees. ‘n Gesinspeletjie-aand of film-aand kan ook goeie voorbeelde wees van dinge wat mens kan probeer.

Die doel hiervan is om nuwe verhoudinge te bou en om nuwe positiewe herinneringe vir almal te skep. Dit sal almal ook herinner aan wat dit beteken om ‘n gesin te wees.

Baie mense smag na so ‘n gesinsverhouding en om betrokke by mekaar te raak.

Dink net aan die alleenlopers, bejaardes en mense wat in hierdie tyd tuis eensaam sit.

Dit is daar vir almal om te ervaar deur net

harder te probeer. Dikwels is daar gespanne gesinsdinamika as gevolg van’n wrok of die seer of kwade gevoelens wat mense teenoor ‘n familielid het, en nie kan vergewe of vergeet nie.

Afhangend van die situasie, kan dit baie moeilik wees om hierdie soort gevoelens te laat vaar, maar dit moet gedoen word as ‘n beter verhouding in die gesin verlang word. Boonop is mens dit aan jouself verskuldig om die negatiewe energie wat in die huis is, te verander, sodat almal ‘n gelukkige en vrye lewe kan lei.

As sterker gesinsverhoudinge en verminderde wrywing werklik iets is wat vir die toekoms belangrik is, moet mens leer om te laat gaan. Mense in ‘n gesin sal mekaar altyd van tyd tot tyd seermaak of teleurstel. Dit is ‘n normale en ongelukkige deel van die lewe. Die belangrikste is dat mens leer vergewe en dit ‘n punt maak om nie die voorval in die toekoms teen jou familielid te hou nie.

Dit is wel aanvaarbaar om bande met ‘n familielid te knip. In sommige gevalle kan iemand baie meer onmin in jou gesin veroorsaak en die dinamiek beskadig eerder as om dit te bevorder.

Sou mens ‘n persoon of persone van die gesinseenheid moet vermy, maak dit dinge beslis moeiliker om op te los, maar dit kan gedoen word.

Maak seker dat alle familielede daarvan bewus is dat jy nie die bande met hierdie persoon of persone wil verbeter nie. Op hierdie manier sal niemand in die toekoms onder druk geplaas of in ‘n ongemaklike posisie beland nie.

As ons nou na die grendeltyd terugkeer na die gewoel in ons daaglikse lewe, kan dit maklik gebeur dat ons weer vasgevang raak in die sleur van werk, skool, eet, slaap, herhaal. Dit kan daartoe lei dat ons vinnig weer geïrreteerd en gefrustreerd raak en emosioneel en fisies uitgeput is, wat dit moeilik maak om harmonie in die emosionele ruimte van die gesin te bewerkstellig.

As dit enigsins moontlik sou wees is dit ‘n goeie oplossing om ‘n gesinsvakansie te beplan na die weke van ingeperktheid. Kry die gesin of familielede bymekaar om te bespreek wat moontlik is, al is dit net ‘n naweek uitstappie of piekniek.

Beplan dan gerus’n prettige, ontspannende tydjie wat aktiwiteite insluit wat almal sal geniet. Afhangend van jou finansiële situasie, kan dit eksoties wees, of dit kan so eenvoudig wees as om ‘n hotel in die volgende stad te bespreek.

Die belangrikste is dat die breek ‘n verandering in tempo en natuurskoon bied na die eentonigheid van die grendelperiode, sodat die gesin tyd kan neem om te herlaai en mekaar te geniet, eerder as om onmiddelik weer in die daaglikse beslommernis en bekommernis te verval.

Maak nie saak hoe mens dit doen nie, die ontspanning sal die gesin vernuwe en almal in staat stel om weer opgewonde en gereed te wees om onbevrees die onbekende nuwe tydperk na die grendeltyd aan te pak.

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What you can and can’t do during level 4 of the lockdown Several restrictions would remain in place regardless of the level of alert for as long as the risk of transmission is present.

The lockdown in its current form is expected to end on 30 April.

Five-phased approach As part of this approach, different levels will determine the restrictions: Level 5 means drastic measures are required to contain the spread of the virus to save lives.

Level 4 means some activity can be allowed to resume, subject to extreme precautions required to limit community transmission and outbreaks. Level 3 involves the easing of some restrictions, including on work and social activities, to address a high risk of transmission. Level 2 involves the further easing of restrictions, but the maintenance of physical distancing and restrictions on some leisure and social activities to prevent a resurgence of the virus. Level 1 means most normal activity can resume, with precautions and health guidelines followed at all times. “To ensure that our response to the pandemic can be as precise and targeted as possible, there will be a national level and separate levels for each province, district and metro in the country,” Ramaphosa said.

Level 4 The president announced that from 1 May, the country would move to level 4. Here is what level 4 looks like currently: Borders will remain closed to international travel, except for the repatriation of South African nationals and foreign citizens. No travel will be allowed between provinces, except for the transportation of goods and exceptional circumstances such as funerals.

All gatherings, apart from funerals and for work, will remain prohibited. Some businesses will be allowed to resume operations under specif ic conditions. (These sectors are still to be announced.)

The public is encouraged to stay at home, other than for essential personal movement, doing essential work and work in sectors that are under controlled openings.

The elderly, and those with underlying conditions, must remain at home. People can exercise under strict public health conditions. The sale of cigarettes will be permitted. Public transportation will continue to operate, with limitations on the number of passengers and stringent hygiene requirements, including that all passengers must wear face masks.

The range of goods that may be sold will be extended to incorporate certain additional categories.

Restrictions However, Ramaphosa did announce several restrictions would remain in place regardless of the level of alert for as long as the risk of transmission is present.

These restrictions include: Bars and shebeens will remain closed. Conference and convention centres, entertainment venues, cinemas, theatres, and concerts will remain closed. Concerts, sporting events, and religious, cultural and social gatherings will not be allowed until it is deemed safe for them to continue.

The following restrictions would remain in place after the national lockdown, and regardless of the level of alert at any given time: Sit-in restaurants and hotels, bars and shebeens. Conference and convention centres. Entertainment venues, including cinemas, theatres, concerts and sporting events. Religious, cultural and social gatherings. No gatherings of more than 10 people outside of a workplace will be permitted.

Passengers on all modes of transport must wear a cloth mask to be allowed entry into the vehicle. Hand sanitisers must be made available, and all passengers must sanitise their hands before entering. Public transport vehicles must be sanitised on a daily basis.

Industries are encouraged to adopt a workfrom-home strategy where possible, and all staff who can work remotely must be allowed to do so. Workers above the age of 60, as well as workers with comorbidities identif ied by the Department of Health should be offered a work-from-home option or allowed to remain on leave with full pay. There should be workplace protocols in place that would include disease surveillance and prevention of the spread of infection. All employers to screen staff on a daily basis for symptoms of Covid-19, including a symptom check as well as temperature assessment. All employees to use a cloth mask especially where social distancing is not possible. Work environment to have sanitisers available or hand washing facilities with soap. Stringent social distancing measures should be implemen-ted in the workplace.

At level 4 all essential services will be allowed, plus: Food retail stores may sell full line of products within existing stock.

All agriculture (horticulture, export agriculture including wool and wine, floriculture and horticulture, and related procesing). Forestry, pulp and paper. Mining (open cast mines at 100% capacity, all other mines at 50%). All f inancial and professional services Global business services for export markets. Postal and telecommunications services. Fibre optic and IT services. Formal waste recycling (glass, plastic, paper and metal). Bus services, taxi services, e- hailing and private motor vehicles may operate at all times of the day, with limitations on vehicle capacity and stringent hygiene requirements.

No inter-provincial movement of people, except for transportation of goods and exceptional circumstances (e.g. funerals).

At level 3: Licensing and permitting services, deeds off ices and other government services designated by the Minister of Public Service and Administration.

Take-away restaurants and online food delivery. Liquor retail within restricted hours. Clothing retail. Hardware stores.

Stationery, personal electronics and office equipment production and retail. Books and educational products. E-commerce and delivery services. Clothing and textiles manufacturing (at 50% capacity).

Automotive manufacturing. Chemicals.

Bottling.Cement and steel. Machinery and equipment. Global Business Services.

SANRAL construction and maintenance.

Transnet at 100%. Bus services, taxi services, e-hailing and private motor vehicles may operate at all times of the day.

Limited domestic air travel, with a restriction on the number of flights per day and authorisation based on the reason for travel.

At level 2, with moderate virus spread, and with high readiness, the following will be permitted: Construction. All other retail.

All other manufacturing. Mining (all mines at 100% capacity). All government services Installation, repairs and maintenance.

Domestic work and cleaning services.

Informal waste-pickers. Domestic air travel restored. Car rental services restored.

Movement between provinces at level 1 and 2 restrictions.

At level 1, with low virus spread, and high health system readiness: All sectors. All modes of transport, with stringent hygiene conditions in place. Interprovincial movement allowed, with restrictions on international travel. To make the determination of which sectors should be allowed to resume activity at each level of alert, three criteria will be considered: Risk of transmission.

Expected impact on the sector of continued lockdown. Value of the sector to the economy. Any decision about whether to institute a lower alert level will be made by the National Command Council based on evidence gathered during the week about the spread of the virus.

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A record fuel price decrease!

We might be unable to go barely anywhere or do almost anything, but you can still buy petrol and diesel, as it is a designated “essential service”.

There’s no need to rush to the pumps, these prices will be fixed until May, but next time when you need to fill-up, you’re looking at some pretty hikes.

The irony absolutely isn’t lost on any of us: As South Africa is in a period of lockdown, the petrol price is now set for a historic decrease. It’s understood “the biggest ever” drop this country has ever seen, just as we’re all stuck indoors.

According to the AA, fuel price drops would provide much relief to road haulage operators, and offset some of the economic damage resulting from the lockdown.

Remarkbly, things could have been even better for motorists if not for an increase of our fuel levvies and an extra contribution to the Road Accident Fund (RAF). The Basic Fuel Price (BFP) component of the overall price of petrol in South Africa, is directly impacted by the international oil price, combined with the rand/US dollar exchange rate. However, with government’s ever increasing taxes and levies applied over the past decades – and a massive drop in international product costs in April – the BFP component has now reduced to around 30% of the total price of petrol in South Africa. Despite a substantive drop due largely to weaker international oil prices from March to April, the impact is a mere 10% reduction in the price of fuel from R15.84 to R13.96 in April,”

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Covid-19 infections SASSA to provide public with at Gauteng hospitals urgent update on R350 28 Gauteng Health Department employees have so far tested positive for Covid-19 as there is high potential for public hospitals to become sources of infection.

This follows 90 employees who have tested positive at the Mediclinic Morningside clinic in Sandton, including 11 patients.

Years of poor management and a shortage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) could see a similar or worse outbreak in Gauteng’s public hospitals.

At the Bheki Mlangeni Hospital in Soweto a patient was found to have Covid-19, the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Hospital

have six pharmacy employees tested positive for the virus. It is worrying that more than 50 other staff members are still dealing with patients even as they await the outcome of their tests.

At South Rand Hospital a cleaner was tested positive, a nurse at the George Mukhari Hospital, which led to a deep cleaning of the casualty section, and a staff member at Kalafong Hospital who has now recovered from the disease.

This highlights the necessity for stringent measures to ensure that all hospital staff and patients are properly protected from Covid-19. These are same of the cases if there is more or not, we will not know.

Placing employers on leave There has been a lot of confusion and misinformation regarding the right of employers to place their employees on leave during the lockdown period.

Reports have been doing the rounds that the Minister of Employment and Labour has stated that employers may not utilise annual leave during the lockdown period.

Although it seems that the media may have somewhat misconstrued the comments made by the Minister, the Minister certainly did not clearly articulate the correct position but rather opted to tiptoe around the issue.

The fact of the matter is that, in terms of the Basic Condition of Employment Act, the employer is entitled to place his

employees on leave at any time he sees fit, unless the contract of employment or other agreement stipulates that leave will be taken at a specific time.

Therefore, the employer is well within his rights to place employees on annual leave during this period.

This position has been further entrenched by the latest directives from the Minister of Employment and Labour indicating that employers who have placed employees on leave, as a result of the lockdown, may claim TERS benefits from UIF for the period and proportionally set-off these benef its against the leave taken by employees.

Covid-19 unemployment grant The Department of Social Development (DSD) and the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) urgently needs to provide the public with clarity on the special Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress grant of R350.

Since President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement millions of South Africans are still in the dark about the full details of this grant and SASSA and the DSD must provide clarity on the following matters: The application process, will there be a dedicated phone number or email address for applicants to use? Will SASSA re-open and capacitate its offices to meet the influx in applications? What are the criteria for unemployed individuals to apply for the grant? How long will the application process take to finalise? What will the

payment process look like? Will applicants need a bank account? Will funds be paid out in cash or in the form of food vouchers?

Numerous requests has received from the public on how they can apply and access the special grant. It is, therefore, critical that SASSA utilizes its channels to provide the public will all the relevant information they need. Everybody welcomes this much needed relief for those who have lost their livelihoods due to the pandemic as it will go a long way in addressing the rise in hunger and food scarcity in the country.

However, the public needs urgent clarification on what the application process will entail in order to ensure that those who desperately need this assistance will not wait any longer for relief.

Die naakte waarheid Suid-Afrikaners leef steeds in die grendel tydperk en die publiek is geduldig.

Die opoffering om lewens te red, die valse ekonomie, die kospakkies, die 'reg' om nie huur te betaal nie, sonder die gevaar om uitgesit te word en so gaan die lys aan.

Alhoewel daar mense is wat nie kos het nie, wat nou meer as gewoonlik ly. Dit is wanneer die lewe terugkeer na normaal, wanneer verpligtinge en gepaardgaande eise terug keer, wanneer die kospakkies en die verhoogde maatskaplike toelaes verdwyn, dan vind baie gesinslede hulself sonder werk; wanneer die volle impak van

Uitgestel hou spasie dop vir datum

die afgradering, gevolg deur die skerp daling in die BBP, tuis slaan, dan sal die ware impak van die ineenstorting opduik.

Dit is wanneer die wetenskaplike modelle bevraagteken sal word; wanneer gewone mense tot hul eie gevolgtrekkings kom en die koste van die toesluit opweeg. COVID19-sterftesyfer minder as 1/1000; selfs veel minder is. Dit is wanneer mense besef dat, hoewel COVID-19 lewens geëis het, dit ook armoede en hongersnood te mee gebring het. Dan is die verhaal van lewens teenoor ekonomie nie meer volhoubaar nie.

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Ons liefdestaal

Speel Afrikaners ‘n leidende rol om die ANC te help om Afrikaans as onderrigtaal op skool- en universiteitsvlak te vervang?

Baie koester Afrikaans en is vasbeslote om dit steeds in hul private lewens te gebruik.

Is die regering vasberade om enige verbintenisse met die Afrikaanse identiteit so spoedig as wat hulle kan eenkant toe te skuif en sal ons onvermydelik moet ingee wat die ANC-regering en betogende studente se eise betref om in die rigting van demografiese verteenwoordiging te transformeer.

Daar is baie Afrikaners, waarskynlik ‘n meerderheid, vir wie hul taal, saam met hul geloof en kultuur, ‘n integrale deel van hul identiteit as mense is.

Hoekom moet daar van Afrikaners verwag word om die etos van onderrig eenkant toe te skuif, net soos wat Engelsmanne nie verplig voel om die etos van Oxford of Cambridge eenkant toe te skuif nie.

Hoekom moet Afrikaners ontneem word van ‘n belangrike deel van hul kultuur- en taalerfenis wat verteenwoordig word deur die universiteite wat deur hul vaders en voorvaders gestig, gebou en onderhou is

nie.

Afrikaans word herken as een van ons 11 amptelike tale en soos ons weet het alle amptelike tale gelykheid van aansien en behandeling.

Die staat en openbaar befondsde instellings het ‘n plig om al hier-die regte te handhaaf en fasiliteer.

Sonder ‘n goed funksionerende onderwysstelsel het ons land geen sinvolle toekoms nie.

Sonder ‘n onderwysstelsel wat daadwerklik belê in ons jongmene, begroot ons land vir ‘n skrikwekkende toekoms Ons toekoms in Suid-Afrika lyk bleek as daar gekyk word na die basiese onderrigstelsel.

Te min skole en onvoldoende fasili-teite dra by tot die haglike toestand van basiese onderrig.

Die kurrikulum laat veel te wense oor. In die vakgroep sosiale wetenskap word die Afrikaner uitgemaak as 'n groep wat geen bydrae gelewer het tot Suid-Afrika se ontwikkeling nie.

Wiskunde en wetenskap word afgeskeep, terwyl voorgeskrewe handboeke haatspraak, teenoor veral die Afrikaner,

verkondig”.

Die minister moet in ag neem dat die regering verplig is om ingevolge die internasionale reg en die grondwet kulturele regte, veral in die onderwys, te bevorder.

Daar is slegs 300 Afrikaanse skole huidiglik. Afrikaans is die derde grootse taal in Suid-Afrika, naas Zulu en Xhosa.

Dus moet die aantal Afrikaanse skole groei, en nie verminder nie.

Die regering sal meer skole moet bou om al 11 tale te akkommodeer.

Met moedertaal onderrig sal die gehalte van onderrig ook verbeter.

Wat hou die toekoms in vir Afrikaans, wat ons geliefde taal is en waarmee ek en jy trots op is.

Ons leef ons taal elke dag en dit is sekerlik een van die mooiste tale wat daar is met die mees interessantste woordekennis en betekenisvolle omskrywende taalgebruik van ons eeu.

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Tax measures Government recognises that the farreaching lockdown measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus are having a significant impact on our economy.

Most households and businesses have suffered a significant loss in their income, as they comply with the regulations giving effect to the National State of Disaster declared on 15 March 2020.

Government is committed to helping households and businesses stay afloat during this difficult period, whilst it continues to limit the rate of infection, on a risk-based approach.

The Minister of Finance announced the details of an initial set of measures on 29 March 2020 to assist tax compliant businesses with cash flow assistance and provide an incentive for businesses to retain their lower-income employees. Since the announcement, economic conditions have worsened, and National Treasury and SARS have received a large number of requests for assistance, including requests from large businesses that are also experiencing substantial cash flow difficulty. National Treasury recognises that the short-term interventions announced in the first fiscal package do not go far enough in assisting businesses or households through the crisis, especially as the lockdown has since been extended.

In line with the President’s address to the nation on 21 April 2020, the Minister of Finance provides more detail on the second set of measures that aim to assist individuals and businesses through the pandemic. There is a critical need for government interventions to assist with job retention and support businesses that may be experiencing significant distress.

The following set of measures will help businesses focus on staying afloat and paying their employees and suppliers.

Assisting businesses now will ensure that our economy is in a better position to recover once the health crisis starts to subside. If businesses survive this testing time, the economy will be better placed to strive collectively towards economic growth that is inclusive (providing more opportunities for employment) and revenue generating (so that we are able to work towards improving the state of our fiscus).

The measures are expected to provide around R70 billion in support, either through reductions in taxes otherwise payable or through deferrals of tax

payments for tax compliant businesses.

The interventions include: Skills development levy holiday: From 1 May 2020, there will be a four-month holiday for skills development levy contributions (1 per cent of total salaries) to assist all businesses with cash flow. This provides relief of around R6 billion.

Fast-tracking of value-added tax (VAT) refunds: Smaller VAT vendors that are in a net refund position will be temporarily permitted to file monthly instead of once every two months, thereby unlocking the input tax refund faster and immediately helping with cash-flow. SARS is working towards having its systems in place to allow this in May 2020 for Category A vendors that would otherwise only f ile in June 2020.

Three-month deferral for filing and first payment of carbon tax liabilities: The filing requirement and the first carbon tax payment are due by 31 July 2020. To provide additional time to complete the first return, as well as cash flow relief in the short term, and to allow for the utilisation of carbon offsets as administered by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy, the filing and payment date will be delayed to 31 October 2020, providing cash flow relief of close to R2 billion.

A deferral for the payment of excise taxes on alcoholic beverages and tobacco products: Due to the restrictions on the sale of alcoholic beverages and tobacco pro-ducts, payments due in May 2020 and June 2020 will be deferred by 90 days for excise compliant businesses to more closely align tax payments through the duty-at-source system (excise duties are imposed at the point of production) with retail sales. This is expected to provide short term assistance of around R6 billion.

Postponing the implementation of some Budget 2020 measures: The 2020 Budget announced measures to broaden the corporate income tax base by (i) restricting net interest expense deductions to 30 per cent of earnings; and (ii) limiting the use of assessed losses carried forward to 80 per cent of taxable income. Both measures were to be effective for years of assessment commencing on or after 1 January 2021. These measures will be postponed to at least 1 January 2022.

An increase in the expanded employment tax incentive amount: The first set of tax measures provided for a wage subsidy of

up to R500 per month for each employee that earns less than R6 500 per month. This amount will be increased to R750 per month at a total cost of around R15 billion.

An increase in the proportion of tax to be deferred and in the gross income threshold for automatic tax deferrals: The first set of tax measures also allowed tax compliant businesses to defer 20 per cent of their employees’ tax liabilities over the next four months (ending 31 July 2020) and a portion of their provisional corporate income tax payments (without penalties or interest). The proportion of employees’ tax that can deferred will be increased to 35 per cent and the gross income threshold for both deferrals will be increased from R50 million to R100 million, providing total cash flow relief of around R31 billion with an expected revenue loss of R5 billion.

Case-by-case application to SARS for waiving of penalties: Larger businesses (with gross income of more than R100 million) that can show they are incapable of making payment due to the COVID-19 disaster, may apply directly to SARS to defer tax payments without incurring penalties. Similarly, businesses with gross income of less than R100 million can apply for an additional deferral of payments without incurring penalties.

The following tax measures aim to assist individual taxpayers and to provide financial backing from the fiscus to donate to the Solidarity Fund: Increasing the deduction available for donations to the Solidarity Fund: The taxdeductible limit for donations (currently 10 per cent of taxable income) will be

increased by an additional 10 per cent for donations to the Solidarity Fund during the 2020/21 tax year.

Adjusting pay-as-you-earn for donations made through the employer: Employers can factor in donations of up to 5 per cent of an employee’s monthly salary when calculating the monthly employees’ tax to be withheld. An additional percentage that can be factored in of up to 33.3 per cent, depending on the employee’s circumstances, will be provided for a limited period for donations to the Solidarity Fund.

This will lessen cash flow constraints for employees who donate to the Solidarity Fund.

Expanding access to living annuity funds: Individuals who receive funds from a living annuity will temporarily be allowed to immediately either increase (up to a maximum of 20 per cent from 17.5 per cent) or decrease (down to a minimum of 0.5 per cent from 2.5 per cent) the proportion they receive as annuity income, instead of waiting up to one year until their next contract “anniversary date”. This will assist individuals who either need cash flow immediately or who do not want to be forced to sell after their investments have underperformed.

The above measures will be given legal effect in terms of changes to the two bills mentioned in the Media Statement issued on 29 March 2020, the Draft Disaster Management Tax Relief Bill and the Draft Disaster Management Tax Relief Administration Bill. Together with the Commissioner for SARS, National Treasury will also monitor developments and the need for any further requirements to assist with COVID-19 relief efforts

What is the endgame?

The President’s R500 billion COVID-19 aid measures remind us of a family who, as a last (albeit somewhat irresponsible) resort, max out their credit card facilities.

Yes, the poor need to be fed, and that has to happen urgently. Nobody can dispute that. However, months and years from now they will still need to be fed and then what? As a nation, we will not survive economically while 50% of our citizens, who could make an economic contribution, are either unemployed or on some form of grant. These citizens are not only completely unproductive, but are a burden on the fiscus - the result of poor economic policiesand pervasive maladministration.

No form of aid, no matter how generous, can replace a job, even a low paying job.

The insistence by some, who already have jobs, that the unemployed need to have ‘decent’ jobs sound somewhat ridiculous while they try to survive on a temporary grant of R350 per month.

Many, who during the COVID-19 crisis will be earning R350 per month (and then nothing thereafter), will not be able to enter the job market unless they can find someone who is prepared to pay them R4 000 per month (or R11 500 p/m ctc if they envisage a career in the Steel Industry).

That is the reason why these individuals do not form part of the official unemploy-ment statistics; they’ve given up trying to find work.

We are prepared to spend billions on grants and other special handouts, but we refuse to allow individuals to decide for themselves what they are prepared to work for, all under the guise of ‘decent’ work; as if there’s something decent about being unemployed. There are individuals who will never work throughout their entire lives. And we are ‘OK’ with that? Can anyone imagine a child not seeing his/her parents going to work? Not even once!

What kind of a society are we creating?

How can this even be remotely sustainable? We know very well it is not.

We need to realise that the state’s ability to raise taxes to cover up for poor economic policies, corruption and patronage, has been exhausted. To further increase taxes will in fact decrease state income.

Our only salvation lies in fundamentally changing economic policy direction.

Treasury’s economic transformation, inclusive growth and competitiveness document ‘Towards an Economic Strategy for South Africa’ gives the appropriate guidance. However, within government circles, where anti-market sentiment prevails to a large extent, Treasury’s approach does not appear to receive much traction at all.

The question is whether desperation following the COVID-19 crisis will bring these sceptics to their senses, or will they plunge South Africa into an even deeper economic morass.

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Dankbaar Hoe insulien vlakke vet maak Dit klink dalk vreemd om te sê dat insulien ‘n mens laat gewig optel, maar is dit regtig so vreemd?

As ons kyk hoe die liggaam vet in die selle stoor maak dit heeltemal sin dat insulien veroorsaak dat ons gewig optel.

Dit bring darem goeie nuus. Dit beteken dan ook natuurlik dat wanneer ons insulien vlakke onder beheer het, kan dit help met gewigsverlies. Dit is nou al amper algemene kennis dat hoë bloedsuiker vlakke ons laat gewig optel, en dit is heeltemal waar.

So wanneer ons sê dat hoë insulien vlakke veroorsaak dat ons gewig optel, verduidelik dit eintlik net meer hoekom hoë bloedsuiker vlakke veroorsaak dat ons gewig optel.

Hoe werk insulien?

Om dit eenvoudig te stel: Wanneer ons kos met baie suiker of verfynde koolhidrate eet veroorsaak dit dat die bloedsuiker vlakke opskiet. Dan stel die pankreas insulien vry om die bloedsuiker vlakke onder beheer te probeer kry. Die insulien help om bloedsuiker vlakke stabiel te kry deur die suiker en koolhidrate wat uit die kos kom te gebruik as energie vir liggaamlike aksies en funksies, of om dit te stoor as vet om later te gebruik vir energie.

Hoekom maak insulien ons vet?

Die groot probleem sluip in wanneer suiker en koolhidrate nie dadelik gebruik word vir energie nie. Die insulien stoor dan hierdie as vet binne in die liggaam se selle. Teoreties is dit veronderstel om later gebruik te word vir energie, maar in realiteit eet ons gewoonlik weer iets met suiker of koolhidrate voordat die liggaam die vet kan gebruik, en dan word die kos eerder gebruik vir energie en nog vet word gestoor.

Wat is die gevare van hoë insulien en vet wat gestoor word?

Die twee grootste gevare van hoë insulien vlakke is insulien weerstandigheid, en tipe 2 diabetes. Hierdie twee kom gewoonlik hand-aan-hand voor. Sodra die pankreas genoeg insulien vrygestel het om te sorg vir onmiddellike energie sowel as energie wat gestoor is as vet, dan hou die liggaam op om te reageer op insulien.

As die aanhou, dan hou die liggaam uiteindelik op om insulien te vervaardig of die insulien is heeltemal oneffektief. Dit word dan verwys na as insulien weerstandigheid. En dit lei dan tot tipe 2 diabetes siende dat die bloedsuiker vlakke die heeltyd abnormaal hoog is.

Hoe om insulien weerstandigheid te behandel.

So hoe beheer ek my insulien- en bloedsuiker vlakke? Hier is stappe om jou te help om jou insulien vlakke te beheer vir gewigsverlies. Beheer die GI en GL van kosse. Die GI is hoe lank dit neem vir jou bloedsuiker vlakke om op te skiet nadat jy ‘n sekere kossoort geëet het. Die GL is die totale koolhidrate wat die liggaam opneem uit ‘n sekere kossoort, maak nie saak hoe lank dit vat nie.

Wanneer jy een of twee Manna Blood Sugar Support tablette neem saam met ‘n maaltyd, help dit om die GI te verminder met sowat 43%. Dit beteken die suiker en koolhidrate word stadiger opgeneem in die bloedstroom, en die bloedsuiker- en insulien vlakke skiet nie die hoogte in op nie. Maar dit beteken niks as jy net die GI en GL van kosse beheer nie.

Bly weg van hoë GI en GL kosse Bly so ver as moontlik weg van hierdie tipe kosse af as jy probeer gewig verloor. Hulle veroorsaak dat jou bloedsuiker- en insulien vlakke skielik opskiet, en dan net so skielik duik wat dan die bekende “sugar

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crash” veroorsaak.

Sulke kosse sluit dinge soos koekies, koek, witbrood, aartappels, skyfies, lekkergoed, koeldranke, bier, wyn, en vrugte sappe in.

Maar dit gaan nie net oor WAT jy eet nie, maar ook oor HOE jy eet.

Eet meer gereeld, maar eet kleiner porsies Dit is baie belangrik om in ‘n goeie roetine te kom wat jou etes aanbetref. Dit help jou om vooruit te beplan wat jy gaan eet, wat dit baie makliker maak om seker te maak dat jou volgende maaltyd ‘n gesonde een gaan wees.

Dit is beter om 5 of 6 klein maaltye ‘n dag te eet, in plaas van die tradisionele 3 groot maaltye. Dit help om jou metabolisme aan die gang te hou, en dit sorg ook dat jy nie honger word tussen etes nie.

As jy ‘n Manna Blood Sugar Support tablet of twee saam met etes neem, help dit om kos drange (Cravings) te voorkom deur jou bloedsuiker vlakke stabiel te hou. Die Manna Blood Sugar Support doen dit deurdat jou liggaam nie vir jou sê dit soek nou ewe skielik suiker om dit ‘n hupstoot te gee nie, want jou bloedsuiker vlakke val nie ‘n tydjie nadat jy geëet het nie.

Maar ‘n goeie dieet is niks sonder ‘n goeie oefen roetine nie.

7 Wenke vir Suiker-Vrye Gewigsverlies.

Oefen gereeld Oefening is noodsaaklik maak nie saak wie jy is nie. Maar dis nog meer belangrik wanneer jy probeer gewig verloor. Maak seker dat jy ten minste 3 keer ‘n week vir ‘n halfuur elke keer oefen.

Oefening kan help dat die liggaam se selle beter reageer op die insulien wat vrygestel word, en dus nie soveel insulien benodig nie. Sodoende kan dit jou help om gewig te verloor.

Positiewe mense besit sekere karaktereienskappe. Hulle is gereed vir nuwe ervarings, uitdagings en is nie bang vir verandering nie.

Hulle neem verantwoordelikheid, reik uit om ander te help, en is gretig om ander te sien slaag. Negatiewe mense blameer ander vir hulle mislukkings, dink aan persoonlike gewin, hoop om ander te sien misluk en verpes kritiek.

Om 'n positiewe houding in 'n negatiewe omgewing te handhaaf kan jou van al jou energie beroof.

Om negatiwiteit te voorkom, begin met 'n dankbaarheidsjoernaal. Sodra jy wakker word, skryf 5 dinge neer waarvoor jy dankbaar is en namate die dag vorder, wees bewus van ander seëninge wat jy ontvang.

Dankbaarheid kan jou geluk beduidend vermeerder en jou teen stres, negatiwiteit en depressie beskerm. Lewe met dankbaarheid en druk dit openlik uit.

Vestig positiewe denkpatrone en herhaal hulle vir jouself elke dag. Herhaling van bevestigings maak jou nie alleen positief en optimisties nie, maar versterk positiewe denke. Gebruik positiewe woorde om jouself en jou lewe te beskryf. Wat jy van jouself sê of dink is tog immers wat jy word of is. Dink aan al jou goeie karaktertrekke en fisiese eienskappe.

Hou 'n sessie met jouself: “My lewe is lied, my probleme is nie onoorkomelik nie, ek is 'n baie geluk-kige persoon en ek is tot alles instaat. Ek het selfvertroue en is lief vir myself.” Hoe jy praat, is hoe jou lewe sal wees.

Moenie by ander mense se klagtes ingetrek word nie. Skenk gerus 'n simpatieke oor en 'n helpende hand maar stel duidelike grense en weet wanneer om van negatiewe mense weg te loop. Om te kla lei tot slegte buie en negatiewe emosies sowel as minder lewensbevrediging.

Hou 'n oplossing byderhand wanneer jy 'n probleem uitwys en bied maniere aan om dinge te verbeter.

As jy positief wil wees, omring jouself met gelukkige, positiewe mense. Soek hulle op by jou oefen sessie of in jou werksplek of by sosiale geleentehede.

Toon waardering vir ander, toon dit woordeliks en gee 'n kompliment en laat iemand glimlag. 'n Glimlag kan jou dag en iemand anders s'n omkeer. Om te glimlag stel serotonien vry, 'n neurosender wat 'n gevoel van geluk en welstand produseer en stres verminder. As jy dit moeilik vind om te glimlag weens omstandighede, visualiseer dan jou gelukkigste oomblik. Ons gedagtes en gevoelens beïnvloed ons gedrag.

Herlaai jou batterye. Doen dinge waarvan jy hou en wat jy geniet. Vir jou fisiese en geestelike welstand is dit belangrik om elke dag 'n paar minute daaraan te wy om jou batterye te herlaai. Doen dinge wat jy geniet om te doen, laat vaar die roetine en herfokus.

Oefening is die natuurlike goed-voel dwelm, volg 'n gereelde oefenplan.

Fokus op die hede, lewe in die oomblik, dit is belangrik om die verlede te onthou maar dit is skadelik om daarop te dool en obsessief daaroor te wees.

Neem elke gedagte gevange en verlustig jou in die positiewe, vredevolle en blywende gedagtes. Raak ontslae van enige gedagte wat jou bedruk laat voel, jou vrede en blydskap steel, jou gejaagd en angstig laat voel.

Ek daag jou uit om dit toe te pas in hierdie vreemde omstandighede waarin ons ons tans in bevind.

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Groot werkloosheid, kragonderbrekings, brandstof tekorte, en ekonomiese ineenstorting is al dikwels na verwys, maar vir die eerste keer is elkeen van hierdie rampe nou in een poel verenig, met daar by ook ‘n dreigende voedsel tekort.

Terwyl kospryse as gevolg van die sukkelende wêreldwye- en plaaslike ekonomie styg, moet Suid-Afrikaners ook begin bekommerd raak oor die beskikbaarheid van kos in hul kombuisrakke.

Hoewel daar voorheen voorspel is dat dit slegs een ernstige droogte sal neem om die land se voedselsekuriteit wankelrig te maak, is leë mae reeds volop in SuidAfrika. Die grootste bekommernis is die gevaar van politieke onrus indien ‘n skielike styging in voedselpryse in werking sal tree. Verbruikers kan hulself staal vir stygings in die pryse van basiese voedselsoorte soos brood en vleis. Dan nie eers van die styging in brandstof te praat na die grendeltyd periode nie.

Algemene roof, wat nie met ’n gevaarlike wapen gepleeg word nie styg. Seksuele aanranding, wat verkragting insluit styg.

Dwelmmisbruik het drasties toegeneem.

Die onwettige besit van vuurwapens het gestyg en kommersiële misdaad (wat bedrog insluit) het met 33% toegeneem.

Verder lyk korttermyntendense nie goed nie. Algemene aanranding is aan die orde van die dag. Beide brandstigting en die kwaadwillige vernietiging van eiendom is ook verhoog. Maar die xenofobiese geweld wat in die laaste paar maande deur Gauteng en ander dele van die land gespoel het, is nie in ag geneem nie. En soos die ekonomie knak en verder onder druk kom, kan ons meer optogte en die beskadiging van infrastruktuur verwag.

Die algehele prentjie lyk droewig, baie mense is die slagoffers van moord, roof en geweld en hoë misdaadsyfers het ook ’n baie negatiewe impak op ons ekonomie.

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Kontakonderw ys hoe dit werk Sou dit moontlik wees om die tempo en omvang van kontakonderwys op afstand te handhaaf, wat sê onderwyskenners.

Opvoeders kan op ‘n afstand en aanlyn aanpas, so kan daar gepoog word om ‘n skooldag na te boots deur die dae volgens die voorafbepaalde tydrooster en die tempo en leerinhoud te vul,” sê dr Felicity Coughlan, Akademiese Direkteur by ADvTECH. Hierdie voorstel is vir sommige egter onprakties en kan lei tot frustrasie, angs en spanning onder al die uitdagende omstandighede vir alle betrokkenes, ouers, leerders en opvoeders.

Daar is ‘n belangrike verskil tussen die fokus op noodsaaklike vaardighede gedurende hierdie tyd, in teenstelling met die poging om die kurrikulum ten volle te laat verloop.Baie van die stres wat mense

ervaar spruit uit hierdie goedbedoelde poging om’ tred te hou. Dit is bevorderlik vir leer en wel-stand om doelbewuste keuses te maak en te fokus op die vaardighede. Op ‘n baie doeltreffende manier bied die omenswaai, die unieke en ongekende omstandighede waarin ons ons nou bevind, ‘n perfekte geleentheid om die wêreldbevoegdhede te ontwikkel en te versterk wat andersins nie die nodige fokus tydens normale skooltyd sou kry nie. Ons is bewus daarvan dat die wêreld besig is om te verander, dat die vaardighede wat in die werksplek benodig word, moet ontwikkel en dat die werksplek van die toekoms baie anders gaan lyk as wat vroeër die status was net vier weke gelede. Skielik bevind ons ons in ‘n heeltemal nuwe paradigma en is dit duidelik dat die wêreld nie dieselfde sal wees nie.

Wat is ‘n beter tyd om hierdie wêreldbevoegdhede te ontwikkel en die 21ste eeuse vaardighede te bemeester as tydens die grootste wêreldwye ramp in die onlangse geskiedenis?’

SA-onderwysers het buitengewone vaardighede en ywer om hierdie uitdagings van afstand en digitale onderrig te bereik.

Dit is bevredigend om te sien, ongeag of onderwysers toegang tot uitgebreide opvoedkundige tegnologie het of nie, dat hulle wel van whatsApp of ander dag-totdag-kommunikasiemiddele gebruik maak om kontak te hou met leerders wat hulle onderrig. Kurrikulum vaardighede is beskikbaar en skole en opvoeders wat nog nie die tyd gehad het om dit te doen of te behandel nie, het nou die perfekte geleentheid om dit in te sluit by hul onderrig en leerpatrone. Die globale vaardighede van denkvaardig-hede,

navorsingsvaardighede, kommuniasievaardighede. sosiale vaardighede en selfbestuur is dalk die enigste manier waarop onderwysers en leerders in hierdie periode en wat hierna volg suksesvol sal kan navigeer.

As daar dus ‘n bietjie silwer voering vir hierdie ramp is, is dit nou dat ons die ideale geleentheid het om hierdie vaardig-hede te ontwikkel, en dat selfs die skole en opvoeders wat nie so goed geposisio-neer is as ander nie, dit kan insluit. Dit is nou die tyd om te konsentreer op die basiese beginsels en om te konsentreer op konsolidasie, sê dr Coughlan. ‘ Dit is waar dat dit vir sommige makliker is as vir ander. Daar is veral kommer oor die graad 12-klas asook die miljoene kinders wat agterbly. Dit is egter uiters belangrik dat diegene in die bevoorregte posisies wat nog kan leer dit sal toepas.

Is tuiswerk die antwoord vir die toekoms Jy kan binne 'n oogwink by die werk wees.

Jy stap net uit jou kombuis uit, in jou kantoor in. Geen verkeer vir jou nie!

Om van die huis af te werk, kan wonderlik wees. Dit is egter nie altyd maklik om dit te bewerkstellig nie. In hierdie tyd het baie mense dalk al begin kop krap en gewonder wat hul kan doen om self vir hul ‘n inkoste te genireer van die huis af.

Daar is veelvuldige kamstige werkgeleenthede wat jou eerder geld uit die sak sal jaag eerder as help verdien. Maak dus seker dat die organisasie waarby jy aansoek doen om werk 'n goeie naam het.

Mediese transkripsie is 'n goeie voorbeeld van 'n werk waar jy jou eie ure bepaal. Jy sal mediese opnames ontvang, wat jy dan moet tik en deurstuur na jou werkgewer.

Jy sal opleiding hiervoor moet ontvang.

Indien jy 'n georganiseerde persoon is, sal jy 'n virtuele assistent kan wees. Hierdie werk is administratief van aard en jy sal sekretariële take moet behartig.

Jy kan jou ook kwalifiseer as 'n webontwikkelaar en webtuistes vir besighede op die been bring.

Indien jy lief daarvoor is om met kinders te werk, kan jy 'n kindersorggroepie by jou huis begin. Jy kan ook 'n nasorg begin en in die middag vir kinders sorg terwyl hulle ouers werk.

Huur jou huis uit aan vakansiegangers. Jy kan by vriende tuisgaan vir 'n ruk of, indien moontlik, jou in 'n woonstel op jou erf tuismaak.

Gee klas aanlyn. Jy kan kinders help met wiskunde, of mense van oral oor die wêreld leer Engels praat.

Jy kan bak vir geld. Bak en versier troukoeke, voorsien 'n tuisnywerheid en verskaf heerlike soetighede aan koffiewinkels.

Indien jy 'n haarkapper, naeltegnikus of masseuse is, kan jy jou huis as 'n salon gebruik.

Kan jy met hout werk? Bou iets en verkoop dit. Jy kan tafeltjies, wendy-huise of klimrame bou en verkoop.

Werk as 'n partytjiebeplanner. Jy kan begin met kinderpartytjies en uitbrei na troues en korporatiewe funksies.

Koop en verkoop produkte. Jy kan jou produkte aan winkels verkoop, advertensies in die koerant plaas, of aanlyn adverteer.

Jy kan feitlik enige iets koop en verkoop daar is min perke.

Jy kan herstelwerk doen? Maak 'n besig-

heid daarvan. Dit kan karre, kameras, fone, horlosies, porseleinpoppe, klere of meubels insluit.

Maak ekstra geld deur herwinning. Daar is maatskappy wat jou sal betaal vir elke kilogram aluminium of glas wat jy vir hulle bring.

Elke mens het 'n talent of vaardigheid, selfs al is dit verroes of beperk. Begin waar jy is en gebruik wat jy het. Wees net vol selfvertroue en bereid om meer te leer. Jy kan jou kennis opknap deur 'n kursus te loop terwyl jy reeds van die huis af werk.

Miskien makliker gesê as gedaan. Jy sal kreatiewe stokperdjies of speletjies vir die kinders moet uitdink, om jou werksomstandighede tuis vir jou gerieflik en doeltreffend te maak. Is dit dalk die trend van die toekoms, wie weet?

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