Gauteng Smallholder March 2017 | Page 9

Sir ~ In all the time that I ' ve read your magazine ~ especially your personal editorials ~ I ' ve appreciated your insight into Agronomism ( sic ), but what a pity that you ' ve overplayed your hand in the latest edition ( Comment ~ The elephant in the room ) and thereby probably ~ unwittingly ~

Sir ~ I want to make comment on your editorial The elephant in the room ( Gauteng Smallholder February 2017 issue ). It dealt with things which , I imagine , either rest uncomfortably with the ' mink and manure ' set who , like me , collected their free copy at the tack shop in Crowthorne or are ( issues that are ) far from pinned your ( political ) flag to the mast ! Why you didn ' t stick to your trade makes it all the more deflating , but surprisingly the skeletons in the cupboard have eventually now come tumbling out ... Consequently , you ' ll no longer have my support and , hopefully , I ' ll be able to

their minds . It certainly had that effect at my family ' s Sunday lunch gathering , and issues of development , land reform , apartheid history and difficult
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Comment : ‘ You ’ ve overplayed your hand ’

Comment prompted interesting lunch talk

influence a few advertisers in this respect too . Your roots in all probability extend to the defunct PFP and now DA ~ sickly , old white men who with their links to the Queen ' s horrific past in South Africa ~ and don ' t forget the other socalled British Colonies , where your fore-seeds ( sic ) committed commercial terrorism with applause from your political cronies . What has Apartheid ( after 23 years of ANC government ~ almost halfway to the 48 years of Nationalist government ) got to do with the present time ? Who are you to express an opinion on the past ~ where were you , then ? What have you done to improve the lot of the five million plus children in South Africa below
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