{"id":45817,"date":"2023-04-06T11:58:01","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T09:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/despatch-museum-nou-leeg-gesteel-20230405-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T13:11:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T11:11:53","slug":"despatch-museum-nou-leeg-gesteel-20230405-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/despatch-museum-nou-leeg-gesteel-20230405-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Despatch-museum is nou leeg gesteel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Despatch-museum is nou leeg gesteel. Alle artefakte wat verband hou met die dorp se geskiedenis, is weg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In die mees onlangse voorval het \u2019n polisiebeampte van Despatch Maandagaand op \u2019n krat met ses van die ou raadstogas, \u2019n Springbokbaadjie, \u2019n Spoorwegbaadjie en dokumente in die droe\u00eb klipwaterval in die park langs die museum afgekom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die Despatch-museum se deure is die afgelope paar jaar vir besoekers gesluit. In 2017 is verskeie onvervangbare en belangrike artefakte, onder meer die burgemeesterketting, ou gewere, en Springbokbaadjies in \u2019n reeks inbrake gesteel. Klagtes oor die inbrake is by die polisie gel\u00ea, maar geen arrestasies is gemaak nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In die jare daarna is die gebou sporadies gevandaliseer en is van die oorblywende items gesteel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNou is daar niks, niks, niks oor nie. Die museum is leeg. Al die glasvertoonkaste is leeg. Die ou tikmasjien is stukkend gegooi. Despatch se hele geskiedenis is gesteel. Selfs die replika van die Algoasaurus wat hier op Despatch gevind is, het voete gekry,\u201d s\u00ea \u2019n ontstelde raadslid Frans Swanepoel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDit moes \u2019n klein outjie gewees het wat ingeklim het. Die spasie deur die vensterraam wat oopgebuig is, is klein.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Swanepoel doen \u2019n beroep op die publiek om op die uitkyk te wees vir nog museuminhoud wat dalk op ander plekke op die dorp \u201cweggegooi\u201d is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDie publiek moet asseblief my of die polisie laat weet indien iemand van die museuminhoud aan hulle wil verkoop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDie laaste paar goed wat hulle nou gevat het, se geldwaarde is niks, maar die sentimentele waarde is van onskatbare waarde,\u201d s\u00ea Swanepoel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die Despatch-museum was die inisiatief van \u2019n groep inwoners van die dorp, wat bekendgestaan het as die Vriende van die Despatch-museum. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dit was \u2019n vrywillige diens aan die gemeenskap om \u2019n sentrale plek te kon inrig waar die dorp se geskiedenis tentoongestel kon word. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soos die Vriende al minder geword het, het die museum se deure al minder oopgemaak en is dit uiteindelik byna 10 jaar gelede gesluit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2019n Krat met togas, baadjies en dokumente is Maandagaand deur die Despatch polisie in \u2018n droe\u00eb klipwaterval naby die Despatch Museum gekry. <\/div>\n
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