Vanuit die Sakekamer | Xplorio Gansbaai
Vanuit die Sakekamer
On Thursday 4 September Gansbaai was able to once again make an indelible impression on a number of visitors.
In reaction to Gansbaai business chamber being awarded the Western Cape Sakekamer of the year award the top brass of the Afrikaans Handelsinstituut (AHI) came to see what Gansbaai is all about.
Die groep het bestaan uit die nasionale president van die AHI Ben Dyesel en sy vrou Amanda, Christo van der Rheede (HUB Wes Kaap) en sy vrou Merlyn, Jannie Kruger (nou al 'n bekende hier by ons) bemarkingsbestuurder AHI Wes-Kaap en sy vrou Daleen, Leoni van der Merwe (kantoorbestuurder Wes-Kaap). Piet Badenhorst, voorsitter AHI Wes-Kaap kon nie die dag meemaak nie, aangesien hy 'n groot operasie ondergaan het. Ons was bevoorreg om die Overstrandse Burgemeester, Nicolette Botha-Guthrie en die Onderburge-meester, Pieter Scholtz saam te hê. Kat Myburgh en Jean die Villiers van die Munisipaliteit het ook saam getoer. Toerisme voorsitter en burobestuurder Johan Pieterse en Glenda Kitley onderskeidelik en natuurlik Fanie Bothma (Sakekamer voorsitter), Rene Beukes en Neels Claassen van die Sakekamer bestuur.
Tydens die heerlike maaltyd by die Great White House het Ben Deysel en die burgemeeester die groep Gansbaai sakemense toegespreek. Die wyn, geskenk deur Wilfred Chivell van Marine Dynamics, het gesorg vir 'n lekker gesellige saamkuier.
Alouise van Dyer Island Trust het 'n interessante voorlegging oor die Trust en die nuwe Seevoël aanleg gedoen.
On Saturday 6th of September our chairman went to an AHI session in Paarl where a big group of business chambers gathered to do planning for the future. The AHI was so impressed with their visit to Gansbaai that it came up several times during the day. The CEO of the AHI (Christo van der Rheede) used Gansbaai and the business chamber several times as examples of what can be done.
Remember, these senior AHI management travel all over the country to business chambers and have many meetings with government ministers and others.
Various questions were asked by chambers and one chamber even plan to visit Gansbaai and bring along their municipal manager. This confirms that the time we dedicated on the previous Thursday will bear fruit for Gansbaai.