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Another Kuierfees has come and gone. Did I enjoy it? Well actually I did not go. So you might ask why am I doing a report on something I did not attend. To answer this question you first have to understand how the fees work. Let me break it down for you.

A select few people are controlling the fees. You can visit their website to see who they are. If you know any of them, you are in the money circle. That means you can do something for or at the fees to make some money. If you don’t know any of them say bah, because you are a sheep. They need you to go to the fees so they can make money but they can’t care less who you are.

Do I know any of these people? No I don’t and that’s why my application for free tickets was rejected by the fees committee. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind paying but thought that because I always advertise the fees on my blog for free, I would be compensated by at least a couple of complimentary tickets. I was planning on going big this year and do a free video and full story on just how great the Kalahari Kuierfees is (even if its not).

I recon you could call it sour grapes (seeing that we live in grape country) but their attitude sucks and I will never do anything for the kuierfees again.

Now, to get to the real story as told by people that did attend. This year the festival was a total letdown. Same rides, nothing new. Although the artists were great, the show was very expensive and the average Joe could not go. The ones that did attend found cheap plastic toys, expensive cold tasteless food and unaffordable rides for the kids. Some of the events were poorly organized like for example the “poppekas” show that was advertised for the wrong day.

If you don’t know how a fees work let me explain. First you create a demand for people to come and enjoy themselves by advertising it everywhere; Newspaper (on the committee), Internet (also on the committee) and Posters (municipality and printers also on the committee) and getting some very expensive artists to perform. (Get sponsors like the KUMBA and ABSA  to pay for it)

Because a few artist are not enough you need more attractions. Kids are the biggest selling point so get toys, rides and food. But and there is always a but, charge the people that sell food, toys and whatever a flee market license to sell. (Starting at just under R 1000 all the way up to R 4000). Thats why a robot dog costs R 80 instead of R 40. (Even if its broken before the end of the day)

Don’t forget that the sheep (thats you) need to pay an entrance fee to visit the fees.

There you have it! Another fine example of the rich getting richer and the poor man paying for it all. Hey I might even say rich white people, just to make the almost all white committee spill some coffee on their expensive clothes. My 7000 readers per month might just open their eyes to better things to waste their money on.

Last thought. Thanks for the fireworks show. I love it every year and look forward to it next year. It can be viewed from almost anywhere and just like my business directory, free of charge.

Pieter van Wyk