Till Friday 24 April 2009 - Not the most stimulating week, my computer isn't working to full capacity, frustrating to say the least and in true African style it takes till Wednesday for an engineer to arrive. Great, everything fixed it is full steam ahead with the mounting pile of work, the computer once again taking umbrance and fails on Thursday urrrggggggghhhhhhhhhh! It seems I need a new dongle, sounds painful!
Admin, admin and more admin follows including writing management notes for Aldo, starting a programme for National Bird Week, composing a written invitation to the local schools for Kids in Parks and correspondence with schools back in the UK about an International Pen Pal Project initiative I have dreamt up.
Wednesday 22 April 2009 is a Public Holiday for election day, the climax of a foregone conclusion to the campaigns which have been running now for several months. South Africas' new President becoming Jacob Zuma of the African National Congress (ANC). The ANC bringing the end of apartheid in 1994, the majority of SAs population voting for the party rather than the individual. Zuma previously being surrounded with allegations of dodgy dealing such as corruption and rape, nothing serious then!!!
The week brings some excitement at last, with the arrival of P&Cs new vehicle affectionately named 'The Scooby Mobile' in the shape of a 14 seater Toyota Quantum.
Friday finds me wearing my chauffeurs cap for three hours, christening the new Quantum, ferrying potential crash dummies Aldo and Phiebe around Swellendam! Everyone, including the cumbersome vehicle surprisingly return intact!
Praise the Lord, as a stern word is given in the afternoons staff meeting regarding the use of the new fleet vehicles, a couple having already been bumped!
The evening is spent at Marloth enjoying supper with Ben, Chris and Jane who are protea specialists from the US of A, having endured a couple of the days on CapeNatures mountainside collating protea seeds.
