Farmer’s Weekly – 23 August 2019

Inspiring

stories

Phone security

I was thrilled to read of Springfield
Farm’s commitment to training not
only its own workers, but students
from nearby agricultural learning
institutions, in the article ‘Going
the extra mile for a new generation
of farmers’ (FW, 26 July). Training
and mentoring of workers and
prospective farmers is critical
if the government land reform
programme, and everything that’s
associated with it, is to succeed. What
a wonderful example to set for the
rest of the farming community!
I also came across the article,
‘Industry and government help
emerging tobacco farmers’
(FW, 26 July), about Erasmus
Sefoloshe’s tobacco farm and all the
initiatives he’s taken, which was
another very interesting story.
I’m a retired businessman and
engineer who’s always had a great
interest in farming and what’s
happening in the agriculture
sector in South Africa.
I have, of course, been concerned
about the well-reported failures
of farms purchased from white
farmers and handed to black farmers,
so to read about the efforts of
Sefoloshe and the Tafelkop Farmers’
Association, and other similar stories
that Farmer’s Weekly has published,
is indeed very encouraging!
I wish Erasmus and his Tafelkop
association every success!
Thank you, and keep it up!
Hennie du Preez, via email

I am not a farmer, but I happened to

read a copy of the article ‘Beware of

WASPs stealing airtime’ (FW, 19 July).

I have used the information

successfully for both my and my wife’s

cell phones. I thought readers may

be interested to know that the actual

sequence of commands was different in

each case! Both phones are on Vodacom.

My wife’s phone is a Samsung Galaxy

J5 Prime, on monthly contract. The

sequence of commands was as follows:

• Dial *111#. Select Option 8 (Services).
  Select 11 (Next). Select Option 2 (Content
  Services). Select Option 1 (View and Stop

Content Services). As well as the final

Option 1, there were two alternative

options: 2 (Stop All) or 3 (Block).

My phone is a Samsung SM-A260F,

on pay-as-you-go. The sequence

of commands was as follows:

• Dial *111#. Select Option 12
  (Services). Select Option 9 (Content
  Services). Select Option 1 (View and
  Stop Content Services). Apart from
  Option 1, there were two alternative
  options: 2 (Stop All) or 3 (Block).
  In both cases I could stop all WASPs
  by texting ‘Stop All’ to 31050.
  Ted Walsham, via email

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This photograph of two loaders loading a lorry with bales was taken

and sent to Farmer’s Weekly by 14-year-old Lucy Hall.

What a load!