EDITORIAL

The talk in the town is continuous about load-shedding and water shortages. It’s natural to talk about the two things that are most worrying and are constantly front of mind.

The most crucial element of the conversations is that things will not change miraculously overnight. In fact, things might not change for a long time. For example, Eskom is not going to come right. Although we might get good rains, many more people are utilising the same water catchments that have been in place for ages – the Impofu dam was completed in 1982.

The St Francis Property Owners Association is assisting interested residents with power and water security solutions. See the feature article inside.

We do need to work together on this. If you don’t have some solar set-up, it will be a long and dark winter. If you don’t have a water harvesting solution in place, there is every chance that we will have water restrictions at some stage. That’s enough about that.

We also introduce the new Key College High School in this issue and chat with the founder, Cristan Sardinha. We then announce the winner of the St Francis Today Writing Competition for May and reveal the wonders of Bali, where it seems you will bump into thousands of South Africans travelling.

It is relatively cheap in Indonesia, VISAs on entry, and it is beautiful and warm. While it is renowned in surfing circles as one of the best destinations in the world, it’s not just about riding waves. It is a wondrous place to visit, and the gem locations lie a few hours’ drive outside the cities and on neighbouring islands like Lombok, Java and Sumbawa.

Then let’s not forget that it is nearly time for the best surfers in the world to descend on our area for the Corona Open JBay. Enjoy the magazine.