GREETINGS!

I am because we are, is a simple yet powerful statement that reminds us that no one is an island. We need to help each other create better lives for all.
South Africans are good people who know the difference between wrong and right. This was found through a research study that showed that South Africans donate a total of R12 billion a year for good causes all over the country.

The statement that says "I am because we are" is put into practice by people who give their money and services to help others. Let us continue to express good in everything we do. Let us respect life, the property of others, and their efforts to make a living in this country, irrespective of where they come from.

This edition also provides guidelines on how we as South Africans can lessen the impact of the high food prices that people have to face all over the world. A simple food garden in the back of one's yard can reduce the amount of money that a household spends on food. This will help them to buy other items that the family needs.
The current high food prices demand of us to return to the basics that informed our past like starting food gardens and joining forces in establishing communal gardens on land that is not in use.

Let us also remember the promises we made as a people when we adopted the country's Constitution. The Constitution demands of us to respect life and the rule of law and to always practice ubuntu in our dealings with other people.
Therefore, let us remember to respect the lives of not only South Africans, but also foreigners who are in our country. Let us embrace them and treat them in a good and humane manner as the Constitution expects us to do.


- The Editor