{"id":44974,"date":"2024-03-05T07:57:32","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T05:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/swartlandgazette\/daar-is-n-alternatief-20240304-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T13:31:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T11:31:00","slug":"daar-is-n-alternatief-20240304-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/swartlandgazette\/daar-is-n-alternatief-20240304-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Daar is \u2019n alternatief\u2019 te midde van Eskom-beurtkrag"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Met toenemende Eskom-beurtkrag, veiligheidsprobleme, dreigende waterkrisisse, ontoeganklike paaie en wanpresterende onderwys in staatskole, kan niemand meer bekostig om net te kla oor die huidige stand van sake nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOns moet s\u00e9lf alternatiewe begin vind,\u201d s\u00ea Sakeliga KragDag met die tema \u201cDaar is \u2019n alternatief!\u201d by sy tweede Wes-Kaap-selfstandigheidsekspo, wat van 21 tot 23 Maart by M\u00f4reson-plaas buite Malmesbury plaasvind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDie Wes-Kaap-weergawe van Sakeliga KragDag is verlede jaar die eerste keer buite Malmesbury getoets en met meer as 5 000 besoekers wat die 100 uitstallers kom besoek het, het ons geweet ons besluit om KragDag se voetspoor te vergroot, was die regte besluit,\u201d s\u00ea HP Steyn, bestuurshoof van KragDag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die ekspo het ontstaan nadat beurtkrag in 2007 die eerste keer in Suid-Afrika aangekondig is en dit duidelik geword het energie-oplossings in Suid-Afrika is noodsaaklik vir huishoudings en kleinondernemings. Deesdae is daar egter \u2019n groot verskeidenheid selfstandigheidsoplossings vir alle lewensterreine. Of die uitdagings nou watertekorte, watersuiwering, voedselproduksie, onderwys of sekuriteit is \u2013 planne word gemaak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KragDag is al 14 keer op die Diamantvallei-landgoed, net buite Pretoria, aangebied en het van enkele tot sowat 600 uitstallers en van etlike honderde tot meer as 36 000 besoekers in Augustus 2023 gegroei. Sedert 2019 vorm \u2019n landbou-sub-ekspo ook deel van die uitstallings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meer oor die tema \u201cDaar is \u2019n alternatief\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOns leef in \u2019n onsekere tyd, met ongekende ekonomiese verval, en \u2019n groot deel van die probleem is dat ons s\u00f3 gewoond geraak het aan gebrokenheid en verval dat dit moeilik is om \u2019n lewe in te dink waar dinge werk soos dit moet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDie antwoorde op die vraagstukke in ons land is gewis nie eenvoudig nie, maar dit begin sonder twyfel by selfstandigheid en individuele verantwoordelikheid. Wanneer ons s\u00ea \u2018Daar is \u2019n alternatief\u2019 gaan dit oor m\u00e9\u00e9r as om reaktief staatsbestand te raak. Dit laat ons opnuut herbesin oor hoe ons lewens, omstandighede en gemeenskappe na regte daar moet uitsien en om self verantwoordelikheid daarvoor te neem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Daarom is Sakeliga KragDag soveel meer as \u2019n selfstandigheidsekspo. Dit is \u2019n instelling vir mense met \u2019n positiewe selfstandigheidsingesteldheid vir hulself en hul gemeenskappe \u2013 mense met \u2019n filosofie van vryheid en selfbeskikking wat roepingsbewus kreatiewe en selfstandige oplossings ontwikkel en implementeer, en mense inspireer om deel te neem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kom kyk na hierdie alternatiewe by Sakeliga KragDag Wes-Kaap 2024:<span>.<\/span> Jou eie kragvoorsiening as alternatief om aan beurtkrag blootgestel te wees.<span>.<\/span> Ontgin en opgaar van jou eie water as alternatief tot besmette water en wateronderbrekings.<span>.<\/span> Private en voorkomende gesondheidsorg as alternatief tot staatshospitale en -voorskriftelikheid.<span>.<\/span> Private en tuisleer as alternatief vir staatskole.<span>.<\/span> Eie- en gemeenskapsinstandhouding van infrastruktuur as alternatief tot slaggate en ander staatsuitgelewerdheid.<span>.<\/span> Persoonlike veiligheidstelsels en gemeenskapsveiligheid as alternatief tot 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