Smithfield May Upgrade Poor Quality Houses

This appallingly built Greenfields house did not even have windows when it was handed over to the owner. The windows were promised, but never delivered. At the slightest sign of rain the interior of the house is flooded and daylight can be seen between the bricks in the walls. Everything that the owner had in [...]

Does Smithfield Museum Have A Future?

The future of the Smithfield Museum, one of the town’s major assets, appears to hang in the balance. This is because, after months of being closed more often than it has been open, there is still no word from the authorities about its future.

Jong Smithfielders Presteer

‘n Aantal jong Smithfielders het die einde van die skooljaar goed presteer. Volgens inligting wat Smiffie ontvang het, is die presteerders soos volg:

Landbou Skade

deur Christo Geldenhuys
Met die jongste koue en die gepaard-gaande verliese aan skape, het baie van ons weer regop gesit en ons koppe in ongeloof geskud. ‘n Mens wonder hoekom gebeur sulke ongelukkige goed en hoe oorleef die boere dit. Skade en teespoed is sinoniem met die landbou en daar is feitlik jaarliks iemand wat groot [...]

Local Is Good

If it’s true that the Mohokare Municipality has been quoted grotesquely vast sums of money to have our pumps on the river repaired, surely the work could be done locally for very much less? And wouldn’t it make things so much easier if this equipment, which is vital to keep water flowing into Smithfield, never [...]

Forum Nuus / News

deur / by Ounooi Badenhorst
Dit is al amper weer Kersfees. Die jaar het werklik verby gevlieg.
Die Forum bedank almal wat deur die jaar ons as bestuur ondersteun het, asook elkeen wat ’n positiewe bydrae gelewer het.
Alhoewel ons nie al ons ideale kon verwesenlik het nie hoop ons dat die Nuwejaar hopelik meer sal [...]

Paraatheid? Natuurlik … Miskien

Die VLU Vergadering deur Marna du Plessis

My huis is beveilig. Ek gaan oop oë deur die lewe. My boedel is beplan. My finansies is tot op die laaste sent bereken. Ja, ek is paraat. Daar is ‘n klop aan die deur. Tok – tok. Wie is daar? Ouderdom. O my aarde, ouderdom! Ek was nooit [...]

Brilliant Recital

by Geoff Montgomery

www.newmusicsa.org.za/a2006.html
I wonder how many Smithfielders know what a wonderful asset we have living in Bethulie. Benjamin Fourie is a top class concert pianist, and I mean just that. He gives concerts all over South Africa and overseas. He has participated in musical festivals and has made a name for himself internationally. He [...]

Ons Bure – Our Neighbours

Patricia Bighi was born in Nairobi, Kenya.

Her family moved to Smithfield when she was in Std 5. She completed matric here and then went to Bloemfontein where she studied secretarial work. While working for the Edgars group she was transferred to Kimberley, Pinetown, Westville and eventually back to Bloemfontein. A couple of years ago, Patricia [...]

Vreemde Fluitjie

deur Linda Retief
Op ’n onlangse wegbreek kans het ek iets teëgekom waarvan ek nog nooit vore gehoor het nie – die ocarina fluit. Dit is ’n blaasinstrument wat eierformig is en het tussen vier en twaalf vingergaatjies. Die instrument word van keramiek, hout, glas, metaal en selfs plastiek gemaak.
Volgens Wikipedia was sulke instrumente belangrik in [...]