\u2019n Inwoner van Broadlandspark, wat deur \u2019n moeilike tyd in sy lewe is, moes plan maak vir werk, en deesdae maak hy die grafte van mense se geliefdes mooi vir \u2019n ekstra geldjie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Craig Roos (30), wat destyds deur die EPWP (Extended Public Works Programme) gekontrakteer is om met begrafnisse te help, het nou op sy eie begin om grafte mooi te maak \u2013 teen \u2019n fooi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEk het gesien hoe sleg lyk die grafte as dit begin sak en soms val die kruis later op die graf, so erg het dit gesak. Dit gebeur in ons gebied weens die soort klei-grond wat ons het,\u201d vertel Roos terwyl hy by een van die grafte staan wat hy pas in Rusthof se begraafplaas \u201coorgedoen\u201d het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy s\u00ea hy het so ses maande gelede met di\u00e9 idee vorendag gekom om mense te vra of hy na hul geliefdes se grafte kan omsien. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEk het tot nou aan so 17 grafte gewerk. Dis harde werk. Ek moet op \u2019n sekere plek grond met \u2019n kruiwa gaan haal, dan op \u2019n ander plek klippe. Ek beskou die werk as my verlossing; dit red my en help my om \u2019n beter mens te wees.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Roos is \u2019n paar jaar gelede van verkragting aangekla en dit het sy hele lewe omver gegooi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie saak is onlangs uitgegooi \u2013 dit was \u2019n valse storie wat teen my gemaak is. Maar my hele reputasie is geskend en ek het myself verloor; ek het my kruis verloor en afvallig geword.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sedertdien het hy besluit om sy eie lewe \u201coor te doen\u201d en beskou die werk met grafte as iets wat hom gered het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEk is besig om my lewe terug op die pad te kry. Ek is besig om myself weer op te tel. Ek het \u2019n visie en \u2019n droom.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy is tans op soek na \u2019n vaste werk as maatskaplike werker, maar tot dan doen hy waarvoor hy lief is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEk gaan haal self die klippe waarmee ek werk en ek maak self die versierings in bottels wat ek op die grafte plaas. Ek pluk ook self mooi plante om op die grafte te sit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMense kontak my gereeld en vra vir hulp. Dan vertel ek hulle wat ek doen en dat dit R250 kos om die graf op te vul en my eie bottels en klippe op die graf te pak.\u201d Hy vra egter ekstra geld om die kruise oor te doen en vertel mense het eintlik planne van die munisipaliteit af nodig as hulle grafte met bakstene en sement wil bou. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo \u2019n rukkie terug is een van my grafte afgebreek en die mense het \u2019n groot boete gekry. Ek het my les geleer en vertel die mense nou om eers \u2019n plan te kry voordat ek met bakstene en sement begin bou.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vir sy gewone opvulling en mooimaak van grafte het hy nie \u2019n permit of bouplanne nodig nie. V<\/span><\/span><\/span> Indien jy \u2019n geliefde se graf wil laat oordoen, kan jy Roos gerus by 083 522 9581 bel. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u2019n Inwoner van Broadlandspark, wat deur \u2019n moeilike tyd in sy lewe is, moes plan maak vir werk, en deesdae maak hy die grafte van mense se geliefdes mooi vir \u2019n ekstra 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