Upington\u2019s AfriForum and AfriForum Youth held a march in cooperation with the Red Sakkie se Arkie Aksiegroep (RSAA) and about 300 Upington community members on 16 August to hand over a petition with more than 2\u00a0300 signatures to the Dawid Kruiper Municipality.<\/p>\n
With the petition, AfriForum, AfriForum Youth and RSAA demand that the Municipality meet with them within seven days to find an alternative solution for preserving Sakkie se Arkie in Upington, except for the pending court case. The Municipality received the petition and memorandum and promised to answer the group within seven days.<\/p>\n
The march followed after the Municipality allegedly sold the land from which the boat is operated and refused to discuss any other options for the preservation of the Arkie.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to preserve Sakkie se Arkie, as the community has access to the river through this boat. It is also the canoe club\u2019s residence, and the Arkie is a popular tourist attraction,\u201d says Werner Strauss, march leader of RSAA.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven though Mayor Limakatso Koloi indicated that she would answer Sakkie in writing on this issue, the action group would prefer to meet with the relevant parties to find a workable solution to preserve Sakkie se Arkie. It appears that the municipality does not take the action group\u2019s request for a meeting to heart, and still want to enter into a court case,\u201d says Marike van As, AfriForum Youth\u2019s Coordinator for Upington.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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