Dearest Plett Rage 2020 family member,
UPDATE: New Rage dates for Class of 2020 are 29 Jan – 06 Feb 2021
We come to you in times of absolute uncertainty. In the shortest period of time, the whole world has undergone immense change and we’re all wondering what the future will bring.
Your special and all important Matric year has been turned upside down; you’ve been plucked away from your friends and social interactions, forced to complete one of your most significant educational years under far more time pressure than you’d anticipated.
That being said, together we are fighting for the most important thing -human life. These are difficult times where everyone is experiencing different challenges. However, many of us are still extremely lucky, privileged to have food to eat and warm beds to sleep in.
At the moment, life as we know it is confusing and we have little knowledge regarding when things will go back to normal. We are totally aware of the implications COVID-19 might have on your lives and futures; but we truly believe that with the leadership of our President, Cyril Ramaphosa, our country will not only survive but thrive once the pandemic has passed.
The threat of Plett Rage being affected for the class of 2020 by an invisible enemy isn’t only heartbreaking but evokes great frustration in each member of our team.
In these difficult times we’d like to give you a message of optimism and confidence, we all need one. Our mission is to ensure that you do get to experience the celebration that hundreds of thousands of Matrics before you have enjoyed. This, obviously within the parameters that our President, scientists, and health officials will set out for us in due course – without compromising the safety of you, our family.
We have no way to answer all the questions about how the year ahead of us looks, but we can promise you that we will do our best to communicate transparently and openly and adapt as we need to.
We will draw on our 20 year experience and every ounce of our creativity to deliver you your well-deserved celebration – and will continue to morph and revise our plans to suit whatever the legislation, recommendations or timings allow. For now, we continue to prepare for and build South Africa’s most loved student festival as planned.
We eagerly await the presidential address this evening on the first stage of economic reforms and encourage you to do so as well, let’s hope for innovative solutions. However regardless of what is announced tonight or in future national addresses, we anticipate that local and international COVID-19 responses and regulations will continually adapt as countries learn from each other. Plett Rage too shall continue to adapt to ensure we bring you an amazing experience.
We look forward to hosting you, the class of 2020. You, who will be celebrating the end of your Matric year as well as the end of one of the most complex years of our lives.
Until then, stay safe and take care of each other.
The Plett Rage Team
