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Walt het van Maasstroom in Limpopo gery om betyds te wees om van sy ma afskeid te neem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hoffmann, haar broer, het van Kanada gekom om \u2019n ruk by haar te wees nadat sy siek geword het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSy het aan limfoomkanker gely, wat op 25 Januarie by haar gediagnoseer is, maar dit is longontsteking wat haar dood veroorsaak het. Dit het skielik oor die naweek vererger.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Van der Merwe s\u00ea haar suster het altyd \u2019n sakkie vol kruideniersware gemaak en dit aan \u2019n hawelose gaan gee. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sy het Meals on Wheels ondersteun en het nooit iets teen enigiemand gehou nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSy het altyd geveg vir mense wat swaarkry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEn sy het natuurlik haar diere baie liefgehad. Haar geliefde hond, Pippa, \u2019n staffie, het heeltyd op haar bed gel\u00ea en haar hand gelek tot met haar dood. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPippa het nog lank daarna voor die deur gel\u00ea en wou nie weggaan nie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Molly Green, \u2019n oudkollega, s\u00ea sy was bevoorreg om van haar vriendin afskeid te kon neem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSy het die vorige aand nog saam met vriende en familie in haar sitkamer gesels, maar omstreeks 02:30 in \u2019n koma ingegaan. Sy was aan suurstof gekoppel, maar baie rustig.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Green s\u00ea sy onthou Van der Walt as \u2019n baie opregte en sterk mens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSy was baie opreg en eerlik.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sy s\u00ea sy het Van der Walt 12 jaar geken. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSy gaan baie gemis word.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Henri\u00ebtte Loubser, hoof\u00adredakteur van Netwerk24, s\u00ea ook Van der Walt gaan baie gemis word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTe gou, te jonk \u2013 ons hart is stukkend oor ons kollega en die mens wat ons verloor het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAlet was \u2019n onverskrokke joernalis, ingegrawe in haar gemeenskap en dapper tot die einde. Selfs terwyl sy reeds besig was om te verswak, was sy doenig met boodskappe en wenke in ons nuusgroepe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOns sal die mooi herinneringe aan haar koester. Ons dra ons medelye oor aan haar familie en vriende.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dirk Kok, redakteur van <span>Volksblad<\/span>, s\u00ea as lid van Netwerk24 se nuusspan in die sentrale streek was Van der Walt ook lid van die Volksblad-span. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSy was \u2019n raakvatter waar dit by nuus en die joernalistiek kom en een van die beste en produktiefste joernaliste met wie ek saamgewerk het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDit was ook \u2019n voorreg om haar as mens te kon ken. Sy was \u2019n wonderlike mens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBy <span>Volksblad <\/span>is ons hart seer oor Alet. Ons sal haar nooit vergeet nie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kaydene Davids, \u2019n kollega in die sentrale streek, s\u00ea in al die jare dat sy die voorreg gehad het om met Van der Walt saam te werk, was dit net \u2019n aangename ervaring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSy is een van die kollegas wat \u2019n spesiale plek in my hart besit. 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