Die nuus van die dood van die Weskusser Solene Smith het baie mense in die gemeenskap en die groter Weskus geraak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Smith is op Woensdag 3 April oorlede nadat sy \u2019n rugbesering opgedoen het. Sy is op Vrydag 22 Maart in die Vredenburg- provinsiale hospitaal opgeneem, waarna sy na Groote Schuur-hospitaal oorgeplaas is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens die familie is met hulle gedeel dat die rugbesering tot kwadruplegie en ander ho\u00ebrugmurgbeseringskomplikasies gelei het. Dokters het die prognose op Maandag 25 Maart met die familie bespreek en daar is vasgestel dat daar nie \u2019n positiewe uitkoms vir haar sal wees nie, want \u201cten spyte van ondersteunende maatre\u00ebls versleg haar algemene toestand\u201d, het dokters verduidelik.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Smith is op 12 September 1957 op \u2019n plaas in Hopefield gebore, waarna sy op die ouderdom van 21 jaar na Langebaan verhuis het. Sy het tot haar afsterwe daar gewoon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens haar kinders het Smith \u2019n hart van goud en baie liefde gehad. \u201cSy was \u2019n ma vir soveel, \u2019n visser-ma vir ander, \u2019n suster vir baie en \u2019n vriendin van almal. Sy was van harte \u2019n visservrou en \u2019n leier in die gemeenskap en het \u2019n goeie sin vir humor gehad en kon \u2019n vertrek dadelik ophelder met grappe as sy instap. Sy het soveel harte geraak oor die w\u00eareld heen en was \u2019n rolmodel vir haar kinders, kleinkinders, agterkleinkinders en pleegkinders.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Smith was by baie betrokke. Sy was \u2019n gesiene leier, gemeenskapsaktivis, voorsitter van Coastal Links se Langebaan-tak, betrokke by Masifundise, Feed the Need en vele meer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Soos haar kinders beskryf, was sy voor in die ry om vir vissers se regte en die beskerming van die oseaan te veg. Haar kinders sal haar altyd onthou vir die geliefde moeder wat sy was. Haar raad, oor wat luister, haar lag en die feit dat sy net die beste vir hulle wou h\u00ea, sal hulle vir ewig bybly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens die raadsheer Marius Koen het Smith diep spore in die gemeenskap van Langebaan getrap en haar liefde vir die dorp en sy inwoners kan op veral drie vlakke waar sy baanbrekerswerk verrig het, van haar betrokkenheid getuig. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Koen getuig ook dat Smith konstant baklei het vir die regte en toegang van vissers tot die see. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSy het ook sterk opinies gehad oor die beskerming van kwotas vir plaaslike vissermanne, aangesien sy ook een gehad het,\u201d vertel Koen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Koen onthou ook haar passie vir die inwoners van Langebaan-Noord, veral oor die bejaardes en di\u00e9 wat swaar gekry het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cVan weeklikse sopkombuise waar sy kos gemaak het vir die wat honger was, veral in die covid-tydperk, tot versorging van ou mense en kinders. Haar hande het vir niks stilgestaan nie en almal kon altyd op haar vir bystand staat maak.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy dink ook terug aan die impak wat sy gemaak het as politieke aktivis en haar betrokkenheid by die destydse Langebaan-munisipaliteit, waar sy gedurende die oorgangsraad voor die jaar 2000 na die Saldahabaai-munisipaliteit as \u2019n raadslid gedien het. Sy het tot haar afsterwe in die wykskomitee vir Langebaan gedien.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens Vanessa du Plessis van For the Children het sy en Smith mekaar in 2016 ontmoet. \u201cWanneer ek aan haar dink, sien ek net hierdie opregte vrou met ope arms \u2013 altyd net plek om nog iemand te help, nog iemand lief te h\u00ea, sonder om twee keer te dink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHaar bestaan het regtig almal om haar verander. Ek is dankbaar dat Jesus Solene so lank vir ons almal geleen het hier op aarde tot ons weer ontmoet by die Here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Koen voeg by dat Smith \u2019n ystervrou met \u2019n warm hart vir haar mense was, wat vir altyd onthou sal word en \u2019n groot leemte los.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Smith laat haar drie kinders, nege kleinkinders, vier agterkleinkinders en drie pleegkinders agter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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