MR SMITH
Yes they started to be friends ever since.  At that moment there were some 
houses that were being built there in Cradock, so we decide to get one of the houses and 
then we took it as accommodation. There was a sliding scale and rentals were charged 
according to earnings and it ranged from R24.99 to R89. Because my husband was a 
teacher he paid the R89.  The community of Cradock felt that this was too much for them, 
because it is a small place and the people were not earning much, even if they were 
employed.  So they decided to put this and present it to all the teachers there in Cradock, 
and tried to request them  if they could  assist in trying to negotiate for a reduction of the 
rentals.
 Then a meeting was organised to discuss this issue. that is where the committee 
was elected which was going to handle all this and Matthew was the chairperson of this 
Committee and Fort was a treasurer.  There were also other members.