Kube nesasasa elikhulu nokubonga mhla lu-1 kuNtulikazi lapho umasipala ubambe umcimbi omkhulu wokunikezela ngetayitela eHholo Lomphakathi lase-Leeu Gamka. Lesi senzakalo esifudumele siphawule ingqopha-mlando njengoba ubunikazi obusemthethweni budluliselwe ngokusemthethweni kubazuzi - obumelela ukuphepha, ukuziqhenya, kanye nekusasa elingcono lomphakathi.

Ingane encane izenza kahle ekhaya ingalo yomshayeli wesithuthuthu, futhi kunzima ukusho ukuthi ubani oyijabulela kakhulu kulokhu kusa okuneqhwa eBushman Valley ePrins Albert. Iqembu lezithuthuthu laseKykNET i-1Spoor Avonture lihambe ibanga elingaba ngu-3000km lisuka eFouriesburg liya e-Cape Agulhas – futhi bekungaba yini ngaphandle kokuqunga isibindi sokubhekana nohambo oludlula i-Swartberg Pass emangalisayo?

Ngosuku olupholile lwase-Karoo ekuseni, iMeya uLinda Jaquet watshala isihlahla sokuqala se-pistachio sowesifazane ePlatberg Farm, ngaphandle nje kwePrince Albert, ethula ibhizinisi lokuqala ledolobha le-pistachio.

Amakhansela asanda kuvakasha e-Klaarstroom nase-Leeu-Gamka, ekhombisa ukuthuthuka kwengqalasizinda kulawa madolobha. Lokhu kuvakasha kugcizelele ukuzibophezela kukaMasipala ekwenzeni ngcono izinga lempilo ngokusebenzisa amasu okuthuthukisa izinhlelo, okuhambisana nombono wawo wokulethwa kwezidingongqangi ezisezingeni eliphezulu.

Enkabeni yeKaroo, ingxenye yobuhle obuyingqayizivele bukaPrince Albert ilele ezindaweni zayo ezimazombezombe kanye nezinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo. IMenenja kaMasipala u-Adv Thys Giliomee ubambisene nesazi sezitshalo sendawo uDkt Sue Milton-Dean waseRenu-Karoo ukuze baqale umkhankaso okhuthazayo wokushintsha izitshalo nezihlahla ezihlaselayo ezindaweni zomphakathi edolobheni lethu bafake izinhlobo zemvelo ezichaza amagugu emvelo esifunda sethu.

Umoya obandayo weKaroo unqamula isixuku njengoba silindele ukuphuma kwelanga esiteji. Imisindo ye-otherworldly kaSiya Makuzeni, ihambisana nalesi sigameko esixakile senkwali engasasetshenziswa eguqulwe yaba inkundla yemidlalo yeshashalazi enezihlalo ezingu-90, ngokuphelele.

Mhla zingama-21 kuNtulikazi wezi-2025, uMasipala wase-Prince Albert ube nomhlangano obushubile wehholo ledolobha e-The Showroom Theatre e-Prince Albert lapho bekudingidwa khona nge-Karoo Geophysical Research Project Seismic Survey, eholwa yi-Petroleum Agency SA (PASA) kanye ne-Wits University. Lo mcimbi udonse izakhamuzi ezingaphezu kuka-70 ezivela e-Prince Albert nase-Leeu-Gamka futhi wanikeza inkundla yezingxoxo eziqinile ngocwaningo oluhlongozwayo lokuzamazama komhlaba, inqubo yalo yokuhlola imvelo, kanye nemithelela engaba khona eCentral Karoo.

UMnu Hendrik Kellerman uhlonishwe ngesitifiketi somsebenzi weminyaka engu-35 ngokuzinikela kwakhe okungaguquki emphakathini wasePrince Albert. Njengomphathi weloli likamasipala lokuthuthwa kwendle, uletha izinsiza ezisezingeni eliphezulu ngokwethembeka nangokuvumelana. Ukuzinikela kwakhe isikhathi eside nokusebenza ngokuzikhandla kusebenza njengesikhuthazo kubo bonke.

Owayenguthishanhloko, uMnuz Sammy Delport, usanda kuhlomula ngesiphakamiso sikamasipala sokufaka amamitha amanzi ekhadi amasha mahhala. Kuye, ukukhetha kwakulula. "Awuhlali usekhaya uma ithimba lizofunda amamitha, bese kwenziwa i-estimate. Ngamamitha amasha, izilinganiso kanye nokufunda ngesandla kuyaqedwa," echaza.

Mhla zingama-30 kuNhlangulana wezi-2025, uMasipala wasePrince Albert wathatha isinyathelo esinamandla sokuthuthukisa ukuphepha komphakathi ngokufaka ikhamera yesimanje yokuvikela ku-Tortelduif Street, North End - indawo edonsa kanzima ngenxa yobugebengu obukhulayo. Ngokusebenzisana ne-Smhart Security, umhlinzeki wezokuphepha othenjwayo waseNingizimu Afrika, umasipala uhlose ukunqanda izenzo ezingekho emthethweni kanye nokubuyisela ukuthula kwengqondo kubahlali. Ikhamera, efakwe ubuchwepheshe bokugada obuthuthukisiwe obufana nokuqashelwa kwezinombolo, imele utshalomali olukhulu enhlalakahleni yomphakathi.

Ngomhla ziyi-18 kuNhlangulana, umphakathi wakwa-Leeu-Gamka wawuchwaza yinjabulo ngesikhathi i-Karoo Kokers, iqembu lentsha enekhono eliqeqeshwe yi-Prince Albert Community Trust (PACT), isingathe ikhonsathi emnandi eHholo Lomphakathi lase-Leeu-Gamka.

Ubuhle obungaphelelwa yisikhathi buka-Prince Albert baba maphakathi ngesikhathi i-KLM, inkampani yezindiza yase-Dutch, ithwebula ifilimu ehehayo yomzuzu owodwa ukuze ibonise ubuhle be-Great Karoo.