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Totsiens, Joost!

Australië se migrasiebeleid raak die meeste van ons. Daarom het Merise in diepte gekyk na voorstelle wat onlangs deur die Productivity Commission aan die regering voorgelê is. Dit is nog nie wetgewing nie, maar dis altyd goed om op die hoogte te wees van hoe dié land se owerhede oor hierdie belangrike kwessie voel.

Om van ‘n geliefde afskeid te neem, is hartverskeurend. Maar as jou oom Joost van der Westhuizen was, is jou hartseer aan die wêreld ontbloot. Merise-leser Sumari Botha wat in Perth woon, was gevra om haar liedjie “Mr. No. 9” tydens Joost se gedenkdiens te sing. “Mr. No. 9” het daarna groot opslae regoor die wêreld gemaak en meer as 300 000 mense het oor die internet daarna geluister.
Tussen ShowMax en Netwerk24 hoef Suid-Afrikaners wat buite Suid-Afrika woon, op niks uit te mis nie. Jy kan ‘n horde films, reekse, aktualiteitsprogramme en vele meer op ShowMax geniet. Netwerk24 sorg weer dat jy met aktuele nuus en lekker leesstof ingelig bly.
Met Paasfees om die draai, kan jy heerlike donkersjokoladeklapperstafies maak wat relatief gesond is of jy kan jou kinders help om ‘n pragtige feetjietuin te skep. Merise vertel ook meer oor die rolprentweergawe van die bekroonde Lien se lankstaanskoene, die debuutwerk van skrywer Derick van der Walt.

Tot volgende keer,
Suzette

Merise Afrikaans Magazine Description:

Merise is a digital family magazine and was started in 2011 to inform, encourage and assist each other as we together face the challenges of settling and integrating into our new community. We talk openly about the different aspects of our lives that take strain through the migration process – from helping our kids to adjust to their new schools to leaving parents behind in another country and changes in the dynamics of our personal relationships.
We provide valuable information about financial and visa matters, inviting specialists to write articles about topics which would be beneficial to our readers. Merise writes about the beauty of our new country by featuring different geographical areas in Australia and New Zealand, thereby giving would-be migrants or readers who are planning holidays or moving interstate a better understanding about what to expect in their new place of residence.
Merise is a new friend to you and your whole family.
The ascending aircraft is symbolic of her desire to reach for the stars. Even her name is symbolic. By dividing the word in two, you get “me rise”, accentuating her desire to make improvements to herself and her life.
It is important for Merise to support her friends, not just newcomers, but all expats in Australia and New Zealand who left their homeland to find new means of livelihood “Down Under”.
Merise lends a hand in almost every way. She’s been through the immigration process and experienced it all first hand. She is thoroughly aware of difficulties that may arise for both newcomers and experienced expats and knows how to overcome, or should we say “survive”, these difficulties.
Merise is vivacious and enthusiastic and lives her life in her new country to the full. She loves exploring and is always on the lookout for new challenges and new experiences. At the same time she enjoys sharing her experiences with her friends, always encouraging and inspiring them.
Merise is fully bilingual and she has English- as well as Afrikaans-speaking friends. She divides her time equally between the two groups of friends and shares the same information with both groups.
You will have to go quite far to find a friend as special as Merise . . .