Moving post by a resident in Plettenberg Bay who lost everything

Photo Cred: Jan Venter

Beezy Bailey, an artist from Plettenberg Bay wrote a poignant post after he received a photo of his home burning down during the recent blazes.

The Western Cape has been severely affected by both the Cape storms and the Knysna-Plett fires. Thousands have been displaced in these areas which has been hit by two of the worst disasters in ages.

Beezy Bailey, a Plettenberg Bay artist took to Facebook to share his thoughts after he received a photo of his house burning down. This is what he said:

I believe that Armageddon is the end of the beginning and not the beginning of the end.

I’m more interested in how beautiful this photo is of my Plet house on fire than sad. I’ll do a painting of it.

I’m not looking for sympathy I’m lucky enough to have a Plet house and we were thankfully insured, the loss is of many art works of mine dating back to the 80s that my son Jasper thought were my finest is sad.

And I’m sad about the lovingly grown garden, which will slowly grow back.

But Bird house will be rebuilt even better than before. The birds will come back.

But please your support sympathy and sorrow must be focused on the hundreds of poor people with no insurance, and no nothing, who have lost everything.

Let us unite in times like these, something we South Africans are so good at, and pick our selfs up by our boot straps and rebuild broken hearts homes and lives together.