Thabisile Mgwali, Record Journalist, writes:
We can all agree that the spirit of Christmas inspires a lot of positive feelings, but the challenge is that these happy feeling are always in danger of getting buried in a mountain of glitter.
Between the shopping, decorating, potlucks, social obligations, and other distractions of the holiday season, it’s easy to forget that Christmas has a higher meaning.
I want to take this opportunity to wish the community of Roodepoort peace, love, goodwill, and all the other blessings of Christmas.
We have had a horror year with at least 155 days of load-shedding since January and more days in the dark expected during the festive season.
This unfortunately is a clear indication of things to come, both in the short and medium term, procedurally and substantively, in the sense that there will be no reliable schedules or notifications, nor will there even be reliable downtime periods, and why load-shedding is very likely to double in the coming five years.
Enough with all the negative talk, I want to encourage each and every resident to stay positive and do something positive and connect with distant and ‘distanced’ loved ones.
Let’s all remember that the Covid-19 pandemic was horrible, there will be an end, we will not be in this forever, keep your eye on that and lets try to remind ourselves that there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
May the Lord continue to keep you safe and always meet you at your point of need.
