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About Arum Lilies and Frogs

Selling illegally harvested Arum Lilies at traffic lights is a worrying trend with regard to indigenous plants, but is not a threat to the Arum Lily Frog or the Micro Frog.

Court to rule on funding for baboon management.

The City of CT funding keeps baboon monitors in the field in the South Peninsula. The City is, however, appealing to Cape High Court to decide what financial responsibility conservation management authorities have to toward baboon management….

Seasonal increase in White Sharks off Beaches

A Great White Shark was sighted at Fish Hoek Beach on 24 August 2010 – in keeping with the trend for an increased incidence of inshore sightings during summer. The City of Cape Town warns beach users to familiarize themselves with new shark safety measures and warning procedures.

STCA NEWSLETTER -August 2010

Citizen of the Year

David Erickson was awarded Citizen of the Year at the August General Meeting of the STCA
….A Special Award was made to Harry Croome…..

BUILDING A GREAT SOUTH AFRICA - TOGETHER

If you love our amazing country and would like to join some powerful initiatives, read on. Viv

Teachers’ Strike: IkamvaYouth calls you to action... read more

The Act4SA Building Day – 14 August... read more

School at the Centre of Community (S@CC)... read more

Showcasing South African Indigenous Knowledge... read more

ABSTAIN2010... read more

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Return of the Athlone Cooling Towers!

Fun 90 second video showing the imploding cooling towers in reverse – slowly rising from the dust and being re-instated.

Southern Rights and Night Lights…creatures great and small

False Bay is teeming with marine life great and small. Our annual Antarctic visitors, the Southern Right Whales, have at last arrived…

High veld fire risk in South Peninsula.

Wake-up call for high risk fire season came early as two fires in the Silvermine Mountains brake rainy season truce. Glencairn struggles to get authorities to take fire risk seriously and clear alien vegetation fire hazard.

Asylum seekers and visa renewals

My nanny has been working for me since November 2008. She is the most wonderful woman, with excellent qualifications to her credit. She is also Zimbabwean – here for five years – trying to get asylum in our country …
I knew when I hired her that she would have to go regularly to renew her [...]

Community and parental participation in education

One of the key discoveries of our work in the Western Cape is how unprepared many parents feel for their role in supporting learning / homework at home. Whilst parents would love to support their children with homework and learning at home, many parents have absolutely no idea how to do that. They did not experience parental / adult supervision in their own schooling and have no idea how to support the learning process at home.

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Fish Hoek Primary applauded for LeadSA style gesture

Fish Hoek Primary School pupils and staff have been applauded by Sue van der Merwe, the Deputy Minister of International Relations and Development, for “going the extra mile”…

It’s a Whale of a time again!!

A whale of a heritage route reported 20 sightings this week including that of an albino Southern Right Whale between Muizenberg and at St James.

St James Main Rd. upgrading arrow confusion

RED ARROWS on traffic lights at STOP/GO at Main Road upgrading cause confusion. ENTER THE LANE only WHEN THE ARROWS ARE FLASHING. Flashing arrows indicate the direction of traffic flow. DO NOT ENTER THE LANE WHEN THE ARROWS ARE STATIC. Static arrows indicate that there is still traffic in the system.

World Cup gees – let’s keep it going!

The World Cup is coming to a close and what a tremendous experience it has been! A news report has just mentioned that it is the 3rd best -supported World Cup event in its history. And we shall miss it – the warmth, the spirit, the positivity and the excited buzz. Stephen Grootes of Eyewitness [...]

Average of 24,6% increase in Electricity from 1 July 2010

Electricity users in CapeTown to pay on average 24% more for electricity! Look at tables to check your tariff band. It determines the rate you pay. Reduce & move to lower tariff…

Do you know an amazing young teen leader?

The We are Family Foundation uses its coalition partners to select an amazing group of Global Teen Leaders (GLTs) from around the world to attend a week-long ‘Just Peace’ summit in New York 2011 (all expenses paid) and then participate in a year-long leadership development programme with their global peers.

IkamvaYouth call for help during Teachers’ Strike

Disturbed about the effect the teachers’ strike is having on the youth of our community? Please see
http://www.scenicsouth.co.za/2010/08/teachers-strike-ikamvayouth-calls-you-to-action/ under our Building a Great SA section.
and the links to articles in our website giving you more info about IkamvaYouth, active in Masi.

About S.H.A.R.E.

S.H.A.R.E. stands for the Southside Help, Advice and Resource Exchange: an informal association of NGOs and community minded people in the south peninsula who meet monthly to share their experience and information with each other. If you would like to get involved in your community you should come along …

SWIM FOR CAMERON ELS

A group of swimmers is preparing to brave the water between Robben Island and Three Anchor Bay some time in the next 10 days to raise funds for the care and rehabilitation of a nine year old, Cameron Els. This swim is attempted far less often than the one from Robben Island to Bloubergstrand and for good reason.

The Boomerang Edu-Kite Schools’ Competition – entries now open

Schools have until 21 September to secure a place in the Boomerang Edu-Kite Schools’ Competition, part of the sixteenth Cape Town International Kite Festival, proudly hosted by Cape Mental Health in association with Heart 104.9FM.

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Puffer marathon runner does it for our Toads.

Karoline completed The Puffer in a winning time and raised an amazing R22 000 for Leopard Toad conservation.

7 Sept-meet Lewis Pugh, our human polar bear and man extraordinaire

Book your ticket for a very special evening with Lewis Pugh and the Scenic South on 7th Sept.

The scenic south is home to exceptional individuals, amongst them Lewis Pugh from Noordhoek. Lewis recently made world headlines when he swam 1km in the freezing waters of a lake on Mt Everest and is known as the greatest cold water swimmer in history.

The Theatre in the Muze Women’s Fest

Celebrate Women’s Day at The Theatre in the Muze Women’s Fest on Saturday 7th August and enjoy a phenomenal line up of talent:
Avril Kinsey – internationally acclaimed classical guitarist
Belinda Melitszky – Psychic and Classically trained soprano
Khadija Heeger – Performance Poet
Erica Minaar – Jazz singer
Aviva Liora Moses and LoRez a 3 piece Electronic Argentinian Tango
Chantal Stanfield – [...]

“Kwanele ! Uxolo ma-Afrika” – Enough ! Peace among Africans!

Contrary to fears of zenophobia breaking out in Masiphumele, the township is calm and peaceful, which is exactly how the vast majority of its residents would like it be. HOKISA co-director Robyn Cohen photographed this “symbol of hope” placed at the entrance to Masi .”Kwanele ! Uxolo ma-Afrika” means “Enough ! Peace among Africans!”
Photograph submitted by [...]

Unidentified glowing object drawing interest!

People have been excited by the “UFO” in the early morning sky – seen as far afield as Grabouw. I thought it was caused by the rising sun shining onto an aeroplane and its vapour trail, the mist in the air causing the glow. Let us hear from you!

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Birding Fundis in the Scenic South

I have enjoyed your “Scenic South ” this month. Thanks for all the effort.
Do you have the names of some birding fundi’s – I would like to make contact with people who are authorities on birds in this area . I live on Lake Michelle Noordhoek and it would be of interest to our residents [...]

Mountain Burning

I have been watching the mountain over Ou Kaapse Weg being burnt for the past couple of months and am not sure what the point is fo this? Can somebody tell me why they are burning this scar into the land? Thank you.

Claudio Celestino

Can we also have a section called: “OUR MUSICIANS”?

You mention artists, writers, achievers, environmentalists, but there is no ‘OUR MUSICIANS’ . I feel it is so important for very many reasons not to leave out this category. Thanks. Avril Kinsey (Director Cape Town Academy of Music), Chairperson of Friends of the Cape Town Academy of Music (Glencairn)

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