Dear Friends of The Zimbabwe Pensioner Supporter Fund, Please let me start off by saying a HUGE Thank You to everyone who helped support our Winter trip for our Golden Oldies. Please find in good order our Third trip report for the year from Neels Koekemoer. All the trip pictures are available here – https://www.facebook.com/www.zpsf.co.za.…
Wednesday 19th June We left Malelane on Wednesday at 08h30 with Neels driving the new truck and Johan in the Toyota bakkie. It was an uneventful trip as far as Messina. We arrived there at 18h00 where we spent the night at the Baobab Cottages. The new truck is governed to 80km/h, so it is…
The return of our annual No Coffee Day by the Zimbabwe Pensioner Support Fund, this is our way to let the World know of and show their support for our Golden Oldies still in Zimbabwe, whom we have been helping to support with food aid parcels and basic medical supplies for over 22years. Our Golden…
Dear Faithful Supporters of The Zimbabwe Pensioner Supporter Fund, Sometimes in life there are just not enough or the right words to be able to say THANK YOU. This is definitely one of those times. Without everyone’s support out there this would never have been possible. We finally took ownership of the new girl Tuesday…
Friday 12 April 2024 I was fortunate on this trip to have a fuller team of people join me, as I’m usually one of a pair or alone, going to Zimbabwe on adventures. I was accompanied by Daniel (Tinus) Koekemoer’s’ brother, Neels. Neels has also after this trip availed himself to going on the trips…
Sometimes in life there are just not enough or the right words to be able to say THANK YOU. This is definitely one of those times. Without everyone’s support out there this would never have been possible. We finally took ownership of the new girl Tuesday last week and she has already done one stock…
Woop Woop, it’s that time again, who would have thought so many years ago that the sight of this old girls would bring so much joy and relief to so many “Golden Oldies”. Thank you so much to everyone who helps us make the magic in whatever way possible. www.zpsf.co.za to see more and make…
A journey to Zim and back. It all started on a Saturday. Saturday the 17th of Feb. Johan and Frans Schultz, Father and Son team, pulled away at 8AM Saturday morning from Malelane to start off our journey to Zimbabwe. I was in the Bakkie and Dad (Johan) was on the truck. We stopped in…
Dear Zimbabwe Pensioner Support Fund Supporters and Friends, Please find in good order our February 2024 Trip report and what we are up to currently. The February round trip on the truck was done by Johan & Frans Schultz on the truck and Caroline and Angela on the Bakkie for Bulawayo and surrounds. Thank you…
Dear Zimbabwe Pensioner Support Fund Supporters and Friends, Please find in good order what we are up to at the moment. As usual the first trip of the year has turned into a bit of a nightmare, not to go into too much detail but we are getting there and hoping to start the trip…
It is with some trepidation that I sit down to write this report. My literary skills are somewhat challenging at times but here goes. My brother Daniel fetched me in Gauteng on Saturday morning of the 25 November 2023. And we left for Malelane where we stayed overnight. Bright and early on Sunday morning we…
To say it was a sunny time of the year would be lying, it was sweltering hot but we had so much work to do. Despite the heat it was honestly so exciting and enormously rewarding to get all the Christmas boxes and gifts packed for our deserving pensioners. We had our whole team at…
Let me start by saying that I have decided to make this report a bit different from any of the previous reports, although it will still contain some of those special moments where I actually had the PRIVILEDGE of meeting some of the “oldies” who in some small way actually contributed to making Zimbabwe the…
Dear Friends and Supporters, We are currently going full tilt with the final preparations for our September trip which will be commencing within the next few days. It currently looks like Johan will be doing most of the trip with the UD 90 and then our team in Bulawayo will do those deliveries. Once again…
James Botha DAY 1 (Friday, 28 July 2023) My name is James Botha, the eldest son of Pastor Attie Botha, one of the much-loved pioneer members of the Zimbabwe Pensioners Support Fund (ZPSF) and brother to founder, Hannes Botha and this Friday I was rather ‘bang’. Considering the pedigree of these men, it was with…
It was in April of this year on the anniversary of my Fathers passing that I came to the realization that in order for me to feel closer to my Dad I needed to get involved in what he loved. After my trip down to Malelane it was decided that I could join the Fund…
On 30 May 2023 I leave Malelane in the truck for Zimbabwe to deliver the “Goodie Parcels” for the third trip of the year. I depart at 09:00 and have an uneventful trip to Musina where I spend the night at Aunty Hester Joubert’s. I am spoilt with beef stew and a warm bed. As…
Firstly, and most important of all let me say – This is not possible without YOU!! A HUGE THANK YOU to all our supporters out there. You are all incredible. All I can say is WOW what a first half of 2023 we have had. We just cannot out into words the ups and downs…
Click me (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=9ZQDM4CW696M2) then Click on the links drop down box, choose the 2023 Donate the value of a cuppa Challenge and you can make a contribution to make a difference in someone’s life! The return of the annual No Coffee Day by the Zimbabwe Pensioner Support Fund, this is our way to let the…
Dear Friends & Supporters of the Zimbabwe Pensioner Support Fund, Our second trip for the year has been completed. This trip was done by Boet (William) & Ann Holmes who assisted on the bakkie with the Bulawayo and surrounds part of the trip. I would like to take this opportunity to say a HUGE thank…
Good Day All, When Johan and Linda contacted us, asking if we were interested in helping to distribute the food boxes in Bulawayo for the March trip, it was a no brainer that we would do it – it was something we had talked about doing for so long. So on 22nd March we left…
Michelle, our new not so new addition to our team is busy with a Winter knit campaign, this is to see how many knee blankets, scarves, gloves and bed socks we can get in for our Golden Oldies. She can be contacted at michelle.admin@zpsf.co.za. Never a dull moment here and always planning ahead.
Trip Report February 2023 – Johan Schultz On Wednesday 1 February 2023 I met with Daniel (Martinus) Koekemoer at the Malelane Warehouse for the first trip to Zimbabwe for 2023. Daniel was in the Bakkie (LDV), and I was taking the truck on the round trip. First thing we had to check was whether the…
TRIP REPORT FEBRUARY 2023 – DANIEL KOEKEMOER Bulawayo, Bullies, Sky (If I remember)! I’d forgotten what a diverse, flowery, entertaining & awkward city this is! “Never a dull moment” has never been truer. Because my PDP ( Public driving permit) had expired I couldn’t take the truck on my normal route through Gweru, Chinhoyi, Harare,…
Dear Zimbabwe Pensioner Support Fund Supporters and Friends, I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your loved ones a prosperous and healthy 2023 from all of us on the ZPSF team and on behalf of our Golden Oldies. Please find in good order what we are up to at the moment…
Tick tok, Tick tok. We in the final countdown for our last “Magic trip” of 2022. A HUGE thank you to everyone who has supported our Christmas 2022 run. We managed to get everyone adopted. This is going to be an incredible trip albeit an upside down one, but hey with the way 2022 has…
On Friday 23 September 2022 I leave in the truck for the second-last delivery run for the year to Zimbabwe. I do some last-minute shopping in Nelspruit and head for Musina where I spend the night with Hester Joubert and family. I get into some interesting conversation with her brother, Willem Ferreira who told me…
Dear Friends and Supporters, Please find in good order our September 2022 trip reports written by Johan Schultz who did the deliveries with the help of Hannes Jovner and Shannon Wheeler on this incredibly upside down trip. Just a quick update on our Adopt and Goldie Oldie Campaign. We have 430 Boxes for our Golden…
A quick word from me at the ZPSF office. We are currently going full tilt with the final preparations for our September trip which will be commencing within the next few days. It currently looks like Johan will be doing most of the trip with the UD 90 including the Bulawayo deliveries as we have…
Another adventure planned for us to visit Zimbabwe started with most of the main highways around us being blocked by civil unrest a week before the planned trip, stock delivered was mixed up and the more needed stock arriving a week late. Dave Austen was ready and geared to go, Linda and I…
On Monday 2 May 2022, after a short meeting Dave Austen, the paperwork is in order, and we’re ready for the trip. The ZPSF truck leaves Malelane for Musina at 08:00. I, Johan Schultz do the last-minute shopping and get on the road by 10:00 in the bakkie. We both have an uneventful drive and…
The return of our annual No Coffee Day by the Zimbabwe Pensioner Support Fund, this is our way to let the World know of and show their support for our Golden Oldies still in Zimbabwe, whom we have been helping to support with food aid parcels and basic medical supplies for over 20years. Our Golden…
Dear friends and supporters, I would like to apologize for the radio silence but as I am sure many of you have already heard of the news of the passing of our beloved father, hero and a true Legend. Johannes Lodewikus Botha, was born on the 13 February 1953 to James Johannes Peter and Maria…
The first delivery run for the year 2022 was as per usual, all but a routine delivery run. To start off, Linda and I were bed ridden and housebound for two weeks with COVID. The cross-border paperwork had to be done “online”, on a website that was definitely user-unfriendly. We eventually called and after 4…
Dear friends and supporters, Please find in good order our very delayed February trip report to give you a perspective of how our trip went, as well as what we are up to at the moment and various other important changes that are happening. Please everyone who knows, has ever met Hannes Botha our Golden…
On behalf of the ZPSF and all our Golden Oldies we would like to take this opportunity to Thank Alice Short for her many years of faithful service towards our Golden Oldies. She has been absolutely amazing in helping with fund raising and then ensuring the funds get to SA safely and ready to be…
Our February trip has literally just come to an end with Dave arriving back in Malelane Friday morning and Johan late on Saturday. The aid from what I hear was once again gratefully received with things becoming more difficult in Zimbabwe with each passing day. Hence this year we are supplying 10 boxes which is…
HISTORY OF THE Z.P.S.F January 2002 Hannes Botha received an appeal for help from a pensioner in Bulawayo Zimbabwe. The pensioner had no funds and no food. Hannes bought enough food to fill his Ford Metor car, took a week’s leave and drove the 1000 kilometres to Bulawayo and delivered food to the pensioner. A…
How does one put into words 20 years worth of work, Magic and of caring? One cant!!!! That’s how long in one way or another we have been helping pensioners in Zimbabwe. This is the story of one mans dream turned into reality- Incredible if I must say so. We firmly believe that had it…
Dear friends and supporters, How does one put into words 20 years worth of work, Magic and of caring? That’s how long in one way or another we have been helping pensioners in Zimbabwe. This is the story of one mans dream turned into reality- Incredible if I must say so. We firmly believe that…
Due to the current circumstances in Zims we are going to be doing – DOUBLE FOOD PARCELS EVERY 2,5 MONTHS this year. This means that we will be delivering 10 boxes this years. Almost a box a month. In previous years it has been 6 boxes a year and then last year we migrated to 8 for the year.
Without your donations and open hearts none of this would be possible. Thank you ALL for assisting us make this happen. Dave Austen “Self-satisfaction makes life worth living. We live in a world that encompasses a major share of the poor and downtrodden. Each person may have a different need in his/her life. While some…
My conclusion is at the end of the day, seeing the smiles on people’s faces when you give them the parcels, it is the most satisfying feeling you could possibly feel. In words I cannot describe the warm and fuzzy feeling knowing you are making a difference in someone’s life.
We receive an amazing amount of thanks from the recipients and this year we are going to share more of them with you. Due to the current circumstances in Zims at the moment we are going to be doing –DOUBLE FOOD PARCELS EVERY 2,5 MONTHS. This equates to 10 boxes for the 2022 year to…
And we are looking at hopefully being able to get the community in Zimbabwe more involved with what we are doing. 1.) We need local Zimbabwean volunteers to go with a truck around Zims and help with the drop offs, check name list and socialize with our Golden Oldies. This is normally for about 4-5…
From us to you As 2021 came to a close, we said goodbye to one hell of a year. The past year was been filled with unbelievable challenges and pain. Lots of tears were been shed and we lost many loved one’s both friends and family. But we got through it and survived. Here is…
Dear Friends & Supporters, The Zimbabwe Pensioner Support Fund Christmas 2021 trip has come to an end and a HUGE Thank you for helping us make “A bit of Magic” for Christmas 2021 – With your support we managed to get all our Golden Oldies adopted. With the help of our local community in Malelane…
THANK YOU FOR BEING AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR TEAM FOR 2021. WE ARE PRIVILEGED TO HAVE YOU. *ALL OUR DONORS *SUPPORTERS & PRAYER GROUPS *HOSTS & HOME ADMINS *DRIVERS *ZPSF ADMINS & TEAMS AROUND THE GLOBE Kind Regards Linda Schultz Director – Fund Raising & Awareness for the Zimbabwe Pensioner Support Fund Phone 013…
One pensioner at Boggies Trust in Gweru described what we are doing as “ CHRISTANITY IN ACTION”. On the Christmas Trip “when we also hand out a small present to each of our pensioners, one pensioner had this to say. “ I have family all over the world but the only Christmas present I had to open on Christmas day was The one from the ZPSF “.
On Saturday I headed towards Beit Bridge and delivered the goodie boxes in Esogodini, I decided to spend the day in the area and meet some of the folks I haven’t seen. At Kinghaven MOTHS I delivered the boxes as usual and had a few minutes with the guys at the hall. Then on to Falcon Collage to meet up with Norma Heyman. She escorts me into the collage, and I drop the first box off at Mr. Tony Bankroft’s house. I was supposed to have tea with the Heymans, but was hijacked by Tony. We had a good chat and I went to drop off at Norma and Johan Heyman. Wow, what an honour to meet these two legends, probably known by half of the people ever schooled in Rhodesia and Zimbabwe, Johan and Norma had schooled children in Falcon and Masvingo most of their lives, and they are both in their eighties. I had tea and we talked about all sorts of things, from farming, school traditions and sewing machines… I was surprised by being introduced to their son, daughter in law and granddaughter. Then Norma wet through the box and basically halved the ingredients explaining that half was luxuries and then she surprised me and enquired if everything was for them as it was so much. I pulled myself away and as I was leaving, I was in awe and realized I just spent time with some of the more well-known teachers and what a blessing having met them. I will definitely be back for another visit.
I’ve never been closer to throwing in my benevolent towel as I have before this trip! I’d spent the days, or weeks leading up to it, watching the chaos at Beitbridge border post and was ready to mhanya in the opposite direction! But there you go……… I went, I did some fancy border hopping footwork…
WE ARE SO CLOSE!!! 502 Boxes for our Golden Oldies Adopted for far, Yippee, Still 218 to go. Then the Frail Care parcels and Kitchen Gifts. It’s that time of the year again and we at the ZPSF would like to be able to make the upcoming Christmas of 2021 extra special for our pensioners.…
Our October trip was underway with Johan Schultz and Edith Botha leaving Malelane on Saturday the 2nd , however once again we encountered a “slight” hick up in the form of an accident just after Louis Trichardt in which our bakkie was a write-off. We are incredibly thankful to have both people from the bakkie alive and still with us after narrowly missing a head-on accident that happened right in front of them only to be hit from behind and sent flying over the guard rail into a ditch. Myself and our son Frans drove up to Louis Trichardt first thing Sunday morning to collect them and arrived back late last night. So we are once again experiencing “technical” delays and now to get our insurance claim in and replace the bakkie ASAP. Once the trip starts Johan will be doing the Bulawayo route while Daniel Koekemoer will be doing the round trip with the UD 90. This is to be our second to last trip for the year with our next one being the “Magic One”.
Dear Zimbabwe Pensioner Support Fund Supporters and Friends, We are currently going full tilt with the final preparations for our October trip which will be commencing within the next 10 days. It currently looks like Johan will be doing the Bulawayo route while Daniel Koekemoer will be doing the round trip with the UD 90.…
Dear Friends and Supporters of the Zimbabwe Pensioner Support Fund, We have been supporting pensioners in Zimbabwe for the past 19 years and are hoping you could possibly do a story about us and how this all came about. Helping us to continue helping the pensioners in Zimbabwe, especially now with their current crises. Just…
by Johan and Linda Schultz We always say hope for the best, but prepare for the worst… some things cannot be prepared for, you have to wing it, this was one of THOSE. Our previous 3 weeks were beyond hectic, we finally received our new updated Ease of Movement letter from the Zimbabwe Department of…
Our third trip for 2021 was completed in record time due to all the uncertainty that was happening in Zimbabwe with new lock down limitations that were due to come in. A HUGE thank you to Dave Austen and Johan Schultz who were our drivers and delivery angels for this trip. I am sure everyone…
Friday 18 June 2021We departed Malelane as soon as the Level 4 Covid curfew lifted at 04:00. I was accompanied by Caroline Nel, (Hannes’s daughter and my sister-in-law) in the bakkie. Caroline was returning home to Bulawayo, where she and hubby Willem are our regular hosts. We had our COVID 19 tests done the previous…
On the road again. Just can’t wait. I love to catch up with all the Zim oldies again. I had my COVID-19 done on the 18th June, with the Assurance that I would have my results within 24 hours, and I did. Saturday 19th June I set off on a somewhat overcast day and a…
Our next delivery trip takes place in the next 10 days and we need Your Help!! If everyone makes a $10 donation think of the difference we can all make in someone’s life. The situation in Zimbabwe is dire, food is either unaffordable or non-existent, most of our Golden Oldies are not managing to afford…
Our next trip scheduled to take place round middle June 2021. This is our BIG WINTER one and we are hoping to fill the boxes with extra warm foods such as Samp & Beans, Soya Meat along with Extra Tinned foods and Soups. As well as dropping off the desperately required PPE supplies for the…
Dear Zimbabwe Pensioner Support Fund Supporters and Friends, Please find in good order an update on what we are up to currently as well as Dave Austens trip report for our April / May 2021 trip. A BIG thank you from all of us Dave for your assistance and time in helping us deliver the food…
Tuesday 27.04.2021 A beautiful day with an early start as Johan came through to Marloth Park to pick me up at 7am so that Linda, Johan & I could have our Tonsils & beyond tickled for our COVID 19 in Nelspruit Medi Clinic. All was completed chop-chop and within a matter of 30 Minutes we…
The office is going to be closed while Johan and I do the Bulawayo route. Dave is doing the round trip and Hannes is still on a time out as he has his next round of Chemo on the 28th April 2021.
Dear Zimbabwe Pensioner Support Fund Supporters and Friends, Please find in good order an update on what we are up to currently as well as Daniel Koekemoer’s portion of the trip report for our March trip. Always an awesome read to see things from Dans perspective especially since he has not been up in over…
“I’m still above ground” was the response of one Pensioner in Mutare when Des Becker asked how he was. They’re grateful, they’re positive, resigned, desperate, sad, lonely, happy enough; a mixture of emotions but, mostly, they are funny! A nation of comedians; the old folk of Zimbabwe have a special way of making light out…
Runup to the first trip of 2021 Hannes Botha, founder and Big Chief of the ZPSF has endured a 26-day hospital stay and thus all was on hold and holding a deep breath for a result after his operation. As such we had a scramble for a Truck driver and how to get the ZPSF…
While we are still just coming out of the second wave of the pandemic in SA, with hope for businesses opening up and a slow steady road to economic recovery, the situation on the ground in Zimbabwe is less bright. Drastic measures are needed for the well-being of the Pensioners. Being involved with the Old…
Drum roll…..Boom-tish! With this donation made yesterday, I have reached my target of $1000 USD raised for Zimbabwe Pensioner Support Fund (ZPSF) through sales of my book “How I Came to be Rhodesian”. In fact, the total donated to date is $1041.39 USD! And I’m not stopping there – I will continue to donate $5…
The ZPSF is happy to announce that TIMOT, a book on National Parks legend Tim Braybrooke is available, and all the proceeds are for the ZPSF. The attached flyer and the paragraph below reveal something about what is in the book, but all that is just the tip of the iceberg!Make no mistake, Timot’s world…
Please find in good order an update on what we are up to currently and finally the good news that we are delivering the food aid. Firstly, let me update you quickly on Hannes our Chief who started this life saving Fund in 2002. He was released on the 17th of February from hospital after…
Thanks to Lyn Bezuidenhout for sharing her Story. Are there other folk who will write and tell us what happened in their lives? Not for pity, but to preserve our history, and to help folk understand the huge need. Our Adopt a Golden Oldie 2021 PayPal donate button – https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=TKF5JCEFZZQTQ We hope everyone is keeping…
Our first trip for 2021 was being planned for end of January but due to current circumstances – paperwork delays due to ZIMRA being offline and us not being able to get the necessary Tax Clearance Certificates in order for us to apply for our paperwork, we are on standby so as soon as we…
24 November 2020 We (Johan and Frans) left Malelane at 7am. First stop was the AMPATH Laboratory in Nelspruit to pick up our COVID Certificates for the border crossing. I picked up the Certificates while Johan waited in the truck. When I got back, Johan (Dad) told me that Linda (Mom) had been given a…
As most are aware 2020 was a difficult / emotional year for the fund and our Golden Oldies in Zimbabwe who’s tenacity is once again being tested to the max, but we are still here and on we shall go no matter what. For those who have been supporting us for a long time you…
I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your loved ones a prosperous 2021 from all of us on the ZPSF team and on behalf of our Golden Oldies.
“I locked the door to my house on the 8th July 2003 never to return. I did not lose just my home, but my only source of income. My husband died in March 1993 – 27 years ago and my only son was running the farm and so he lost his livelihood and I was…
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE OFFICE IS CLOSED FROM FRIDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2020 TILL MONDAY 4 JANUARY 2021 THIS IS DUE TO ME UNDERGOING SURGERY ON THE 30TH NOVEMBER AND THEN OUR ANNUAL SHUTDOWN. I am apologizing in advance for the fact that the Thank You emails will being issued a bit late. Please accept my…
To Everyone who has supported us and our Golden Oldies over the past year- Donors, Drivers & Supporters from all of us at the Zimbabwe Pensioners Supporter Fund we would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and all the best for 2021 may it be a bumper year…
We are delighted you would like to use our story as part of your Christmas run. We also very happy to add a photograph of us both, doing and sharing household chores, in our retirement here in this beautiful Nyanga Village, with mountains around us. Best wishes to everyone involved and there must be many, With…
We left Malalane at 6:40 after we checked the tire pressure. Had a quiet and uneventful trip until we got the message from Linda at HQ that the que was about 10km long at Beit Bridge. We mentally prepared ourselves to sleep in the que. We arrived at Musina around 17:40 to park the truck at the NG Church where Tannie Rina the administrator was waiting for us (A BIG THANK YOU for the weekend help). We repacked a few things for the border crossing and to make more space in the truck for the sleep over. We waited for Hannes to get there at 19:00 when we bought some KFC for the next day’s food. We spent the night at Joe and Hester where we enjoyed some hot coffee and soup, being from Malelane we were freezing.
All of us at the ZPSF would like to welcome Johan Schultz our new driver and admin who has finally officially joined our team from the 1st April 2020. Johan has come on board so that we now have a permanent driver as well as someone in the office to assist Linda with all the admin and so on. He has been a silent part of the team for many years helping us on his off days and holidays.
For the people of Zimbabwe, decades of saving ultimately resulted in the paltriest of sums – as the bankrupt government attempts to compensate its citizens. Zimbabweans will get $5 pension and life savings as paltry compensation from the government.
Annual Adopt a Golden Oldie for Christmas – 10 Boxes for our Golden Oldies Adopted for far, Yippee. Then the Frail Care parcels and Kitchen Gifts. It’s that time of the year again and we at the ZPSF would like to be able to make the upcoming Christmas of 2018 extra special for our pensioners Come on guys we can do this, let’s keep the momentum going!! I am once again going to take on the HUGE task of getting all of our Golden Oldies adopted for Christmas this year. We managed to get everyone adopted last year so let’s see what we can achieve this year.
Our farm was Summerdale Farm in the Mazoe/Concession district.
As on so many farms, our troubles started with visits and death threats to my husband from “war vets”. Then came tree cutting, hut building and threats to tractor drivers to make sure they could not continue safely with any farming activities.
I apologize for the lack of communication and so on the past almost month. As most are aware I went up to Zimbabwe from the 30.6.2018 till the 08.07.2018 to asses our Golden Oldies in the homes etc.. Then in KNP (5 days leave. No signal) from the 9.07.2018 till the 13.07.2018. Had a Dr app on the 16 with Cardiologist and have since been in hospital undergoing an angiogram and ultimately a triple bypass on my heart done the 19.07.2018. I was only released from hospital yesterday.
My Mother, Ruth Hardman, came to Rhodesia from Nigel in South Africa in the 1930’s (1938-1939). They stayed in the municipal camping area in the park behind Eveline Girls High School. Where the Bulawayo Theater is, prior to moving to Gwelo (Gweru) area.
I can’t believe how time is flying by, we have 11 days till our fourth 24 hour No Coffee challenge. All I can ask is that we spread this as far and wide as possible and hope that people take it seriously. This is our way to raise awareness and funds for our Golden Oldies still in Zimbabwe who need our help. Lets see how far and wide we can share this and let people know about what we are doing. Please don’t forget to nominate/challenge your friends, co-workers, Church Groups, local Newspaper and so on. It truly is for a good and valid cause.
It is with a very sore heart that we must share the news of Attie Botha’s passing on Saturday the 3rd February 2018 at midday. After a long battle with Cancer Attie passed to a Higher Service. He will be sorely missed by everyone. His passing is a great loss to everyone who’s lives he touched. May he Rest in Peace.
Dear friends. Just want to give an update on Attie Botha, since he had to abort this last Food trip in Harare, on Tuesday the 10th October 17.
“Yesterday was Monday and a very blue one at that as we are in our third day without electricity and water and were all down in the dumps when a little whisper started. “Mavis*” came around and told us that the ZPSF crew were on their way with the truck. What wonderful therapy, it got us all going, tidying up and getting finished with lunch. I felt like running up to the truck and cheering but decided that it was rather unseemly for an old bird of 76 to run around like a 17 year old, but heck, I felt like one! If it were not for those” angels” we would surely starve. I am deeply touched and thank you from the bottom of my heart.”
*Name Changed – One of our Golden Oldies
Baie ou mense wat vandag sonder kind of kraai in Zimbabwe woon, kou harde bene. Daar is bitter min hoop, behalwe vir ’n eenvoudige kartondoos met basiese benodigdhede wat sewe keer per jaar by hul voordeur afgelewer word. Jaco Nel het saam met die barmhartige Samaritaan Hannes Botha, wat dié mense al 14 jaar lank ondersteun, na Bulawayo, Gweru en Shurugwi gereis.
Thousands of pensioners in Zimbabwe have been left absolutely destitute by years of hyper-inflation. Some receive as little as 40USD per month and a few have no pension whatsoever.
Beeld exposes the plight of pensioners in Zimbabwe