{"id":58256,"date":"2018-01-26T08:36:19","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T06:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/droogte-laingsburg-se-boere-is-op-hul-kniee-20180126-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-14T16:21:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T14:21:04","slug":"droogte-laingsburg-se-boere-is-op-hul-kniee-20180126-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/droogte-laingsburg-se-boere-is-op-hul-kniee-20180126-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Droogte: Laingsburg se boere is op hul knie\u00eb"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"p\">Die boere in die Koup-distrik trek swaar. \u201cDie droogte is besig om te wen, die ergste een n\u00f3g,\u201d s\u00ea hulle.<\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">In die hartjie van di\u00e9 distrik l\u00ea Laingsburg, \u2019n dorp wat bekend is vir sy skape en vrugte, maar ook vir die groot vloed van 1981. <\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">In Khoi beteken die woord <em>goub<\/em> (waar die Koup sy naam vandaan kry) pensvet. Niemand weet waarom dit die Koup genoem word nie, dalk omdat daar so baie skape in die streek is. <\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">Die boere in die streek is met die droogte di\u00e9 wat die swaarste trek, want die laaste goeie re\u00ebnval was in 2014. Daarna het hierdie stuk aarde net dro\u00ebr geraak. <\/div>\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Blockquote\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"24aa506c\">\n<div class=\"text\">Hierdie droogte is \u2019n snaakse ding, hy kou jou bietjie vir bietjie op, dag na dag. Hy vat eers aan jou emosies dan vat hy aan jou sak, dan vat hy aan jou plaas en dan het dit \u2019n uitwerking op jou hele familie<\/div>\n<div class=\"citation\">Andr\u00e9 Smit, boer<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"p\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">Vandag is die Floriskraaldam, gele\u00eb in die Buffelsrivier, amper heeltemal droog.<\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">Sommiges s\u00ea hulle glo die droogte is die Here wat die mense straf vir iets wat hulle verkeerd gedoen het. Ander dink weer dit is \u2019n toets vir die boere en dorpenaars om te sien of hul omgee vir hul medemens.  <\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">\u201cHierdie droogte is \u2019n snaakse ding, hy kou jou bietjie vir bietjie op, dag na dag. Hy vat eers aan jou emosies dan vat hy aan jou sak, dan vat hy aan jou plaas en dan het dit \u2019n uitwerking op jou hele familie,\u201d s\u00ea Andr\u00e9 Smit, \u2019n besproeiingsboer van die plaas Kareebome net buite die dorp. <\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">Kotie Hattingh (94), \u2019n derde generasie van boere wat op 92 moes ophou boer weens sy swak gesondheid, s\u00ea: \u201cIn 1969 was daar \u2019n baie groot droogte. My pa het toe nog geboer. Ons het daardie droogte net-net oorleef, maar hierdie een is baie erger. Hierdie is werklik die ergste droogte wat Laingsburg nog getref het. Ons boere trek baie swaar, ek weet nie meer hoeveel van hulle nog oor \u2019n jaar gaan boer as dit so aanhou nie.\u201d  <\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">Op Smit se plaas vertel die wingerde en vrugteboorde van appelkoos- en perskebome hul eie verhaal. <\/div>\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"c9e83c2f\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/4562\/7c6b41ce67cf47b8b26d01c420f29052.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/4562\/e75e49ace3e341cf86ee8b3a0d862139.jpg\" title=\"Visse wat nie meer water het om in te lewe nie. Foto: Rick Marais\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Visse wat nie meer water het om in te lewe nie. Foto: Rick Marais<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"p\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">\u201cHierdie is dood, daardie is dood. Dis wingerde en bome waar \u2019n mens jare se liefde en omgee ingeploeg het wat net tot niet is. Ons het nie genoeg water om alles op die plaas te versorg nie. Daar is net drie boorgate en daardie water moet ons klaar so mooi deel en gebruik,\u201d verduidelik hy. <\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">Sy vrou, Doret, verduidelik die water wat uit die boorgate kom, bestaan hoofsaaklik uit slik: \u201cDit het \u2019n baie ho\u00eb soutinhoud en ons wingerde, perskes en appelkose sukkel om te groei. Maar ons het geen ander keuse nie,\u201d voeg sy by. <\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">Die Floriskraaldam, die hoof\u00adwaterbron, bevat nou ongeveer 41\u2009000 kubieke meter modderwater. <\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">\u201cHierdie syfer verteenwoordig maar 0,04% van die normale inhoud van die dam. Van al hierdie water is niks drinkbaar of kan vir besproeiing gebruik word nie. Dit is pikswart modderwater waarin visse daagliks vrek. Die dam gee water tot halfpad tussen Ladismith en Riversdal, sowat 150\u2009km daarvan af. Daar is tans 2\u2009208 hektaar grond wat van die dam moet water kry,\u201d s\u00ea Daniel Crafford, voorsitter van die Buffelsrivier-besproeiingsraad. <\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">Om verligting te bring, verskaf boorgate om en in die dorp, asook op die plaas Zoutkloof, water aan die inwoners van Laingsburg. <\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">Geen water uit die Floriskraaldam kan deur die inwoners gebruik word nie. <\/div>\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"2043d97e\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/4563\/9a4d75ab8dc94d688d1e39fc54400abd.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/4563\/0f60cf1af9a6409a953cda393620a7b3.jpeg\" title=\"Floriskraaldam is dor en leeg, al wat die boere en inwoners nou kan doen is bid.\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Floriskraaldam is dor en leeg, al wat die boere en inwoners nou kan doen is bid.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"p\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">\u201cDie dorp van Laingsburg na Roggeveld is \u2019n winter\u00adre\u00ebnval\u00adstreek, maar na Beaufort-Wes is dit \u2019n somerre\u00ebnvalstreek. So al wat ons doen, is wag op re\u00ebn. Die wolke vorm, maar vinnig kom hier \u2019n wind op en waai al die wolke weg,\u201d s\u00ea Hattingh. <\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">Die ghwarriebosse, wat maklik 100 jaar oud word en baie weerbaar is, vrek selfs in die droogte. Doringbome is ook besig om een vir een te val. <\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">\u201cEk is bekommerd oor ons boere, ek is bekommerd oor die diere wat voer moet kry en ek is bekommerd oor die plase. Wat dood is, is dood. Sekere bosse soos die Scholtzbos word vaalgeel in die droogte. Hulle is tans spierwit. Dis die eerste keer sedert 1941 dat hulle so sleg lyk,\u201d voeg hy by.<\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">Volgens Ilze Nel van die plaas Sandpoort, het organisasies soos Boere in Nood begin voer skenk, maar boere moet betaal vir die vervoer daarvan. \u201cBaie van die boere sukkel egter s\u00f3 dat hul nie geld het hiervoor nie. <\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">\u201cDaar is barmhartige boere in die omgewing wat geld bydra en die boere se vervoerkostes dek. Dis merkwaardig hoe die boere na mekaar uitreik,\u201d s\u00ea Nel. <\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">Volgens haar het Sandpoort sedert verlede jaar slegs 40,5 \u2009mm re\u00ebn gekry terwyl die gemiddeld jaarliks oor die 100\u2009mm moet wees.  <\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">\u201cDie eerste jaar se droogte kon ons deurkom, die tweede jaar het ons swaar getrek, maar in die derde jaar, soos nou, gaan dit bitter sleg. Al kom daar re\u00ebn, gaan ons plante eers daarby baatvind as dit vir langer as 14 dae goed val,\u201d s\u00ea Hattingh. <\/div>\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"a1534912\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/4562\/8722a5699237460b9a42ff8cc87d1d7d.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/4562\/1ecd287b450b4cad9087ec025e460e8b.jpg\" title=\"Die Buffelsrivier het jare laas water in gehad.\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Die Buffelsrivier het jare laas water in gehad.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"p\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">Onder die boere en gemeenskap beskaam die hoop egter nie. Hulle almal gaan 28 Januarie by die Floriskraaldam byeenkom om vir re\u00ebn te bid. <\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">\u201cDaar is \u2019n spesiale lint van Kroonstad op pad wat deur gebed gese\u00ebn is. Ons gaan dan op daardie biddag die lint in die dam sit en dan kan ons net bid. Ons kan net bid vir re\u00ebn,\u201d sluit Smit af.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"aa81a3f7\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/4614\/2e307b55c1d9431c9ee1d2bbc8c61d27.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/4614\/1bb78a7879084512a0fe120e3ef66785.jpg\" title=\"\u2019n Appelkoosboom trek swaar in die droogte op Andr\u00e9 en Doret Smit se plaas Kareebome. Foto: Rick Marais\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">\u2019n Appelkoosboom trek swaar in die droogte op Andr\u00e9 en Doret Smit se plaas Kareebome. 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