{"id":47156,"date":"2024-01-26T06:02:14","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T04:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/uit-die-pen-van-die-burgemeester-20240124-42\/"},"modified":"2024-01-26T06:02:14","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T04:02:14","slug":"uit-die-pen-van-die-burgemeester-20240124-42","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/uit-die-pen-van-die-burgemeester-20240124-42\/","title":{"rendered":"Uit die pen van die Burgemeester"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Veels geluk aan Breedevallei se matrikulante van die Klas van 2023! Julle het goed gedoen en jul prestasie getuig van harde werk en deursettingsvermo\u00eb.<\/p>\n<p>Op Touwsrivier het De Kruine Sekond\u00eare Skool goed gedoen met 81,4%. In die Hexvallei het die Ho\u00ebrskool Hexvallei die beste gedoen met 82,5%. Van die Worcesterse ho\u00ebrskole het HTS Drostdy die beste gedoen met 99,5% en op Rawsonville het die Ho\u00ebrskool Goudini 94,6% behaal. Wat vir my tot uiterste dankbaarheid stem, is dat Brandvlei se Jeugsentrum vir \u2019n tweede agtereenvolgende jaar \u2019n 100%-slaagsyfer behaal het.<\/p>\n<p>Baie dankie ook aan al die ouers, skoolhoofde en onderwysers vir julle ondersteuning en moed-inpraat.<\/p>\n<p>Aan diegene wat dit nie di\u00e9 keer gemaak het nie, het ek net een boodskap: Hou aan en probeer weer. Julle weet nou hoe moeilik matriek is en wat dit alles behels, so gebruik nou daardie ervaring wat julle opgedoen het om vir \u2019n tweede keer te probeer.<\/p>\n<p>Raak betrokke by gemeenskaps\u00adorganisasies om jou CV te verbeter<\/p>\n<p>Een van die heel eerste stappe wat julle nou sal moet doen wanneer julle die grootmensw\u00eareld betree, is om \u2019n aktiewe landsburger te word wat help om Suid-Afrika en die Wes-Kaap te help opbou en om betrokke te raak by projekte wat jou gemeenskap verbeter en \u2019n positiewe verskil in mense se lewe maak. Of jy nou n\u00e1 matriek verder gaan studeer of direk gaan werk \u2013 daar is vele maniere waarop jy kan help om jou gemeenskap op te bou. Daar bestaan etlike regerings- en private organisasies, asook organisasies sonder winsbejag wat op gemeenskapswerk fokus, hetsy met gemeenskaps\u00addiens, godsdiens, jeug\u00adbemagtiging, in kuns en kultuur, natuur\u00adbewaring, sport, met vroe\u00eb kindontwikkeling, asook vroue-organisasies ensovoorts. Raak betrokke by so \u2019n organisasie in jou vrye tyd. Dit is hier waar jy ervaring en dissipline gaan opbou wat jy eendag op jou CV kan lys. Wanneer werkgewers iemand in \u2019n pos moet aanstel, kies hulle iemand wat die meeste ervaring het, en dit is juis op s\u00f3 \u2019n manier wat jy vir jou voornemende werkgewer kan wys watter gebalanseerde en volronde mens jy is.<\/p>\n<p>\n <b>Deelname aan 2024- nasionale en provinsiale verkiesing <\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>Enige landsburger moet natuurlik ook aktief aan sy\/haar land se bestuur deelneem en sy\/haar stem tydens openbaredeelnameprosesse en tydens openbare vergaderings laat hoor. Noudat julle die grootmensw\u00eareld betree, is een van jul eerste sosiale verpligtings dat julle moet registreer om in vanjaar se nasionale en provinsiale regeringsverkiesing te kan stem. Die verkiesing se datum moet nog aangekondig word, maar die laaste registrasienaweek is die naweek van Saterdag 3 en Sondag 4 Februarie wanneer jou naaste stemlokaal van 08:00 tot 17:00 vir kieserregistrasie oop sal wees. 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