Mrs Celebrity!

Shooo, there’s lots on the go! Over the past two weeks we’ve had Penny Lebyane from Motswako come and visit us with the SABC2 film crew – much to Martha and the ladies delight. Martha and I then went to the SABC studios in Johannesburg for an interview about South African female entrepreneurs.

Martha was clearly the star of the show and when she got home, managed to spread the news to everyone she knew (she’s not been given the nickname Mrs Daily Sun by the ladies for nothing!). She told everyone about sitting in the make-up chair, being on set, and hanging out with the Minister of Health (who was also there for a separate interview before us) whom we both regret not harassing about the shocking health care conditions we face in our forgotten little rural community!

Other exciting news last week was that we got a Water Diviner out to the workshop to look for water at the workshop. It was an incredible experience and hard to explain the phenomena of an 83 year old man (who’s been finding water for the past 72 years) using a stick, a rod and a pendulum. Once he found the spot he could even tell us how deep we needed to drill. We are going to be drilling early next week – so I will tell you more then, as well as explain how this incredible opportunity came about.

On a separate note though, Martha’s little granddaughter Omphemetsi has been seriously ill and has been diagnosed with bronchial pneumonia. We were all very worried about her and Martha spent a few nights with her daughter Charlene and her husband Paul just helping them look after her last week. We’d like to thank Dr Amy Slogrove the wonderful Paediatric Doctor from South to South for being on the other end of the phone when we needed her advice and support the most. It’s wonderful to know that we now have paediatric medical support within the Heartfelt community.