NEWS
E Rand plots get dedicated water tanker
A
dedicated four-ton
water tanker complete
with a high-pressure
pump and two hoses has
been donated to residents of
the East Rand smallholding
suburbs of Marister and
Benoni Agricultural Holdings
by septic tank pumping firm
Suck Well.
According to Suck Well
director Alet Potgieter the
vehicle, a Toyota Dyna with a
4 000 litre capacity tank
named Monica, was the
company's first
honeysucker and had
become surplus to
requirements.
After a comprehensive
clean-out, service and
respray, and the fitting
of pumps, the vehicle was
made ready for use in
combating veld and forest
Right: Monica, Marister’s
dedicated water tanker
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blazes on the plots, as well as
to assist when residents elect
to burn firebreaks. All these
renovations were donated by
the residents. Those who
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DROUGHT
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touch with Mr N C Schoombie of "Boere in Nood" who
has a data base with all
farmers in need and those
they have to date helped.
From my side I have arranged
approximately 250 Ha of veld
available to them in Midrand
to cut and bale. Schoombie
said this evening that he has
acquired another 800 or so
hectares of available veldgrass
in Midrand. There are
probably thousands of
hectares of veld grass
available where farmers do
not graze cattle or developers
sit on land, that could be
utilized for harvesting, on the
East Rand alone.
'tis now the time for all who
hold Mother Earth and that
which She delivers so
abundantly, to join forces and
stand together to deliver
grazing for starving livestock!
This is where your readers
would fit in. Anybody with
land that is not used for
grazing, and which is usually
cut, or burnt during the fire
season, can help farmers in
need of fodder by having
their fields cut now, thereby
saving the liv