14/05/2026
Quick plea:
"Please respect my personal space."
I want to paraphrase a part from the extract attached:
"But besides the law, our families need our attention."
Even though my main aim professionally is to try and make the law accessible to everyone, and indeed so thus being reachable 24/7, this does not mean the most important hats I wear in life just falls away.
Inter alia my hats as a mother and daughter specifically.
Thus, when I am out and about, in leisure, with my children, my Dad, friends or family, in a restaurant or shop and yes, and yes, even at church, please do not bombard me with things such as:
1. Jinne dis goed om jou te sien ek wil nog juis met jou 'n afspraak maak.
(If you know me, you have my phone number, or easily could have sourced it, and would then have made the appointment if you really wanted to.)
2. Kan ek gou ietsie vra man, dit en dat het gebeur of is so of so. Hoe maak ek nou?
(Do you stop your doctor in the mall, whilst he/she is walking around with his/her family and ask him/her to just give you a medical opinion or ask for an appointment there and then? You don't. You nod, wave and greet and move on.)
Ek doen dit rerig met smeekbedes in my hart:
"Respekteer my tyd as ek met my kinders en familie spesifiek is."
You can take this whichever way you want, regard it as I am being full of myself, or feel who do I think I am, and for the sake of getting the message across, that's okay.
My children and my family are my most important assets in my life. Time is fleeting by and I cannot let the limited time I have with them also he hindered by my professional duties.
Somewhere I need to draw the line.
I have a controlled line on which you can reach me via my legal assistant for legal assistance:
073 450 4047
Call and schedule an appointment.
An appointment which comes with a prescribed fee, even if you know me.
En om te sê jy ken my Pa, of het my Ma goed geken, doesn't exempt you from following procedure, or from paying my legal fees, or automatically entitles you to differential treatment. (Please. Stop. Doing. It.)
I run a business. A business that is my sole income.
Respect.
That's it.
I'm done.