Ngentsasa epholileyo yaseKaroo, uSodolophu uLinda Jaquet watyala umthi wokuqala obhinqileyo wepistachio kwiFama yasePlatberg, ngaphandle nje kwePrince Albert, esungula ilinge lokuqala ledolophu lepistachio.

Intshontsho lekati lizenza kanye ekhaya kwiingalo zomqhubi wesithuthuthu esikhulu, kwaye kunzima ukuchaza ukuba ngubani owonwabelayo ngale ntsasa ingumkhenkce eBushman Valley ePrins Albert. Iqela lezithuthuthu ze-KykNET i-1Spoor Avonture lihambe umgama omalunga ne-3000km ukusuka e-Fouriesburg ukuya e-Cape Agulhas – kwaye bekuya kuba yintoni ngaphandle kobuganga bokuhamba nohambo olungaphaya kwe-Swartberg Pass enkulu?

Kwabakho imincili nombulelo omkhulu ngomhla woku-1 kuJulayi xa umasipala ebesindleke umsitho obalulekileyo wokunikezelwa kwetayitile kwiHolo yoLuntu yaseLeeu Gamka. Esi sihlandlo sifudumeleyo siphawule isiganeko esibalulekileyo njengoko ubunini obusemthethweni bukhutshelwe ngokusemthethweni kubaxhamli - bemele ukhuseleko, ukuzingca, kunye nekamva elingcono kuluntu.

Ooceba kutsha nje baqhube utyelelo lokukongamela eKlaarstroom naseLeeu-Gamka, olubonisa inkqubela phambili ebalulekileyo yeziseko zophuhliso kwezi dolophu. Olu tyelelo lugxininise ukuzinikela kukaMasipala ekuphuculeni umgangatho wobomi ngeeprojekthi zophuhliso ezicwangcisiweyo, zihambelana nombono wonikezelo lwenkonzo olukumgangatho ophezulu.

Embindini weKaroo, inxalenye yobuhle obukhethekileyo bePrince Albert ilele kumhlaba wayo omagqagala kunye neentlobo ngeentlobo zezinto eziphilayo ezidlamkileyo. UMphathi kaMasipala u-Adv Thys Giliomee ubambisene nengcali yezityalo yasekuhlaleni uGq. Sue Milton-Dean waseRenu-Karoo ukuqalisa umsebenzi okhuthazayo wokutshintsha izityalo nemithi ehlaselayo kwiindawo zikawonke-wonke kwidolophu yethu ngeentlobo zezityalo zemveli ezichaza ilifa lendalo lengingqi yethu.

Umoya obandayo waseKaroo unqumla isihlwele njengoko silindele ukuphuma kwelanga eqongeni. Izandi zehlabathi zikaSiya Makuzeni, zihambelana nalo mbono ungaqhelekanga wekwari engasasetyenziswayo eguqulwe yaba yindawo yeqonga evulekileyo enezihlalo ezingama-90, ngokugqibeleleyo.

Ngomhla wama-21 kuJulayi 2025, uMasipala wasePrince Albert uye wabamba indibano yeholo yedolophu edlamkileyo eThe Showroom Theatre ePrince Albert ukuze kuxoxwe ngeKaroo Geophysical Research Project Seismic Survey, ekhokelwa yiPetroleum Agency SA (PASA) kunye neWits University. Lo msitho utsale abahlali abangaphezulu kwama-70 abasuka ePrince Albert naseLeeu-Gamka kwaye wabonelela ngeqonga lengxoxo-mpikiswano ngophando olucetywayo lwesaveyi yenyikima, inkqubo yovavanyo lwendalo esingqongileyo, kunye neempembelelo zalo ezinokuthi zibe kho kuMbindi weKaroo.

Umnumzana Hendrik Kellerman wawongwa ngesiqinisekiso senkonzo seminyaka engama-35 ngokuzinikela kwakhe okungagungqiyo kuluntu lwasePrince Albert. Njengomphathi welori kamasipala yombhobho ohambisa amanzi amdaka, unikezela ngenkonzo ekhethekileyo ngokuthembeka nangokungaguquguqukiyo. Ukuzinikela kwakhe ixesha elide kunye nokusebenza nzima kusebenza njengenkuthazo kubo bonke.

Owayesakuba yinqununu yesikolo, uMnumzana Sammy Delport, kutsha nje uxhamle isithembiso sikamasipala sokufakela iimitha zamanzi ezihlawulelwayo ezintsha simahla. Kuye, ukhetho lwalulula. “Awusoloko usekhaya xa iqela lize kufunda iimitha, emva koko kwenziwe uqikelelo.

Ngomhla wama-30 kweyeSilimela ngo-2025, uMasipala wasePrince Albert wathatha inyathelo elinamandla ekuphuculeni ukhuseleko loluntu ngokufaka ikhamera yokhuseleko yala maxesha kwiSitalato iTortelduif, eNorth End - indawo esokola nokwanda kolwaphulo-mthetho. Ngentsebenziswano neSmhart Security, umboneleli wezokhuseleko othembekileyo waseMzantsi Afrika, umasipala ujolise ekuthinteleni izenzo ezingekho mthethweni kunye nokubuyisela uxolo lwengqondo kubahlali. Ikhamera, ixhotyiswe ngetekhnoloji yokucupha ekumgangatho ophezulu efana nokuqatshelwa kwenombolo yepleyiti, imele utyalo-mali olubalulekileyo kwintlalontle yoluntu.

Ngomhla we-18 kweyeSilimela, uluntu lwaseLeeu-Gamka lwaluchwayitile luchulumanco xa iKaroo Kokers, iqela lolutsha elinetalente eliqeqeshwe yiPrince Albert Community Trust (PACT), labamba ikonsathi edlamkileyo kwiHolo yoLuntu yaseLeeu-Gamka.

Ubuhle obungapheliyo bukaPrince Albert bathatha indawo ephambili xa iKLM, inkampani yeenqwelomoya yaseDatshi, yafota umfanekiso onomtsalane wevidiyo womzuzu omnye ukubonisa umtsalane weGreat Karoo.