Apart from email messages like the one from Pastor Gordon below, many readers flooded Facebook with messages congratulating Vista on our 55-year birthday.
Pastor Gordon Wiliams, Allanridge:
Let me congratulate Marti Will and her team on their 55 years of service to the community of Matjhabeng. Thank you for keeping your promise to serve the community of Matjhabeng for 55 years. I started reading Vista since 1980 and I am glad that I was a freelance reporter for Vista since 1980. Vista became part of me and I became part of Vista. We used to get the Vista early on Thursday mornings in Bronville. Thank you for still keeping your promise. Congratulations also on all the rewards you have received over the years. Congratulations also on your 37 years of service at Vista and for being committed, loyal and passionate about your work.
The Facebook messages include:
Vuyiswa Sithole: Happy birthday Vista. I am a reader and love it.
Johan Snyders: Ons het as skoolkinders die eerste Vistas uitgedeel by die kafees vir die mense. Later is dit toe by huise afgelaai.
Magnus Paul Barrett: I have been a reader since 1980/1981, when I started speaking and this was the way I had to learn the languages and numbers spoken in the household, before going to Welkom Preparatory School.
Tumisho Flabba Zenza: Happy Birthday to Vista.
Rita Ferreira: Geluk Vista. Ek het 16 jaar daar gewerk. Baie lief en leed saam Goudvelders gedeel. Doen so voort.
Venessa Oosthuizen: Baie geluk Vista my moeder het ook vir paar jaar daar gewerk. Sy is nou 93 en sê altyd sy het baie lekker daar ge-
werk. Dit was in die 1980’s.
Trevor Mokeyane: Happy 55 years.
Magda Oosthuizen: Baie geluk Vista. Het vir 19 jaar daar gewerk en ek koester so baie memories.
Kwik-Fit Welkom: Congratulations on your 55 years.
Marinda Amaro Pool: Baie geluk Vista. Lekker daar gewerk.
Drini Van der Berg: 55 years of bringing news to the community is a remarkable achievement, Vista has truly served as a cornerstone of information. Well done.
Charlie Delta: Congratulations Vista. I have lived in the Goldfields Since 1972 and have read the Vista ever since. The editor and staff have become very trusted allies of the community, and it’s wonderful to see your dedication and commitment to the community over the years.
Thea Smit: Congratulations Vista, Marti Will and team.
