Archive for July, 2010
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
Old rosettes in your cupboard that you would like to give away? The South African Riding for the Disabled Association (SARDA) is looking for rosettes to use at SARDA’s festive season parties and fundraising events. If you have any to donate ph 021 794 4393.
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
Easy access to food is the main reason that baboons target built up areas in the South Peninsula of Cape Town. Look at this checklist to find out if your property is attractive to baboons and if so what you can do…
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Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
The gardens at False Bay Hospital in Fish Hoek have been lovingly revived by volunteer hands over the past eight years. The current contingent of regular and dedicated gardeners numbers three individuals who are keen to enlist the help of anyone with time to spare to work on this project. You do not need to have [...]
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Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
I have been truly humbled on this trip. And while I have my gripes regarding development here, I cannot say one negative thing about how South Africa has handled its duties as host and hostess to the world. If I could say one thing to sum up being here during this once-in-a-lifetime experience, it would be that I’ve learned the value of Ubuntu, and that when found and offered in abundance, the world is indeed a better place to live in.
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Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
Will South Africa be able to harness this joyful unity and incredible momentum and use it for the improvement of some very real and very pressing issues that face the country as a whole? Surely to say South Africa has benefited from the World Cup, there needs to be some sort of lasting, long term benefit — a legacy if you will — something that goes beyond an increase in tourism. But what does that legacy look like? Does anyone really know? Does anyone have any ideas?
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Monday, July 26th, 2010
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 [...]
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Monday, July 26th, 2010
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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Saturday, July 24th, 2010
People of all ages and all cultures worldwide are teaming up to take part in the biggest-ever day of positive action on Climate Change. When: Sunday 10 October 2010. Join a local 350.org event or host your own – wake decision-makers up to dealing with global warming.
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Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
Dont’s miss the talk by renowned author and stategist Clem Sunter who will be analysing the socio-economic effects of the FIFA World Cup 2010, especially with regard to the Scenic South Peninsula.
For more details see http://www.scenicsouth.co.za/2010/07/unpacking-the-aftermath-talk-by-clem-sunter/
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Monday, July 19th, 2010
The Act4SA Building Day takes place on Saturday, 14th August. On this day all active citizens (10-99 yrs of age) are invited to join ACT4SA (Active Citizens Together for South Africa) in a community outreach run by The Niall Mellon Township Trust, where we will be building houses for people who are less fortunate than [...]
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