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BY MFUNDO MKHIZE UMNGENI municipality has come under fi re from Howick central residents, who say that council has failed to maintain the sports fi eld in upper Bell Street.  They say that the facility’s status has deteriorated to such an extent that it has come to be a breeding ground for criminals.  They fur-ther added that the sports fi eld had be-come a hideout for errant school pupils, who bunked classes and engaged in sex during the day.  The sports fi eld is now characterised by a decayed ablution fa-cility, which has puddles, faeces, graffi ti and the doors to the different rooms are now nowhere to be seen.  To make mat-ters worse the fi eld has no taps for peo-ple to use. Resident Lorraine Bryant, who occasion-ally walks her dogs, said she sometimes feared for her life as crime had reached epidemic proportions.  She said the last straw was when her neighbour at a neigh-bouring complex fl irted with death - all at the hands of criminals. “The criminal went through the back door and found the lady knitting in the kitchen. He vowed to stab the lady with a knitting needle. I bet you if it had been a much older lady we would have had a body on our hands,” she said. She said the light boxes have all been ripped out. “This area should also be used by the children but now we see all sorts of

shocking things,” said Bryant. Her sentiments were shared by Justin Pinington who described the facility an “eyesore”.  He expressed concern that the area was frequently littered. “Even though I’m new in this area, I tend to worry that the facility does not have the designated fencing. This creates a major problem as people walk here. There are reported cases of muggings,” he said. Ward 2 councillor Janis Holmes said she had pursued the matter with the munic-ipality in the past years.  She said the sports fi eld was “once” a jewel of the town. “About fi ve to six years ago the sta-dium was immaculately kept.  There was the requisite fencing but now the sports fi eld is dotted with foot paths as people use it for shortcuts,” said Holmes. She said she even roped in the environ-mental health inspectors from the uMn-gungundlovu District Municipality, who condemned the standard of the facility. “The inspectors expressed their dismay at the standard of the fi eld. You must re-member that when a building is con-demned,” she said.  She decried the lack of water and toilets. “The Ward 2 Committee has been asking for the past two years for the fi eld to be rehabilitated in their budget submission and look forward to the municipality pro-viding a safe and functional recreation-al venue for the youth of the area in the

near future,” she added. Asked to comment, uMngeni Munici-pality spokesper-son Thando Mga-ga, responded: ‘The challenge faced by the Mu-nicipality with re-gards to the Bell Street sports fi eld is the constant vandalizing of the facility. The sports fi eld has time and again been repaired and fi xed when vandalized. The Municipality’s investigations into this on-going challenge has ascertained that the vandalizing of the fencing was as a result of people who wanted to walk through the fi eld as a short cut to their destina-tions rather than walking around the fa-cility. Over the years the Municipality has had to constantly repair the fencing as well as the vandalized ablution facilities and fl ood lights among other things. The Municipality therefore cannot continue to fl ush ratepayer’s money down the drain. The Municipality, together with the bene-fi ciaries of the sports fi eld and the affect-ed community, need to fi nd a solution to this challenge as it cannot be borne by the Municipality alone and no repercussions whatsoever for the few who vandalize the property established for the benefi t all.’

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ON the 26th August my little Jack Russell went missing from our home in Victory Road.We searched the streets, and quick-ly sent out word to all our friends and family to keep a lookout for our little Milo.I contacted the SPCA and gave them all the details in the hope that he would be rescued.Nightfall came and still no sign of him. My little boy aged 5 cried to break his heart. That night we prayed as a family for a God-sized miracle.The next day I started to post pic-tures of Milo at schools and shop-ping centres. I again visited the

SPCA in the hope that he had been rescued.On my arrival I was greeted by a very happy SPCA helper who as-sured me that my dog had been found.To my delight Milo had been left in the SPCA drop zone overnight where he received food, water and a warm blanket.I was so overjoyed to share this mir-acle with my son and all our family and friends.I was so impressed with the incred-ible efforts that the SPCA go to, to rescue our little animals. Because the drop zone is anonymous I have no way of knowing who put him there. But to you – our unnamed an-gel – thank you. We are so grateful for your efforts.Milo is safe back home, unharmed and very happy.We really do serve an awesome God who cares about every detail of our lives.Forever grateful,JOLENE VAN DALEN

Milo safe and sound!

Letters to the EditorON Monday (26 August) I attended the DA report back meeting in Ho-wick advertised in your newspaper.It was good to see our local Council-lors and Member of Parliament re-porting back to Howick voters. Even better, they spoke about the promis-es made last year to make uMngeni fi nancially strong and how this has been achieved.After the meeting, the large crowd were invited to speak to individual councillors about their own prob-

lems. Many residents took up our massive water tariff increases with Councillor Grueneberg and valua-tions with Councillor Millar.My wish is that all political parties report back in this way more often. It is good that we could meet our public representatives face to face and put questions to them, and not just at election time. It helps to bring us closer together.ZAK INGWE, KARKLOOF.

Bringing us closer together

RECENT media reports indicate that uMngeni municipality has met with some community resistance af-ter attempting to disconnect illegal electricity connections. We are told that losses from theft of electric-ity amount to about R20 million a year, a very large amount that could be used to upgrade areas that have historically received less services.

Up until now, the may-or and DA opposition have done us proud by streamlining costs in our municipality which have enabled us to pay off our bank over-

draft and debts. Our roads are be-ing upgraded as a result and main-tenance of Howick and Mpophomeni is gradually improving. The people feel good about this and are proud to live in a municipality where good leadership is being shown.We need a similar commitment from the community as well. There must always be lifeline amounts of elec-tricity for the poorest of our poor, but those who can pay should pay. Every rand of electricity that is sto-len is R1 less for service delivery and improving Mpophomeni.In Cape Town, the DA-run city stamps out illegal connections and

electricity theft and as a result the city is developing faster and creat-ing jobs. There is no reason why it should not be the same here.MS NON-HLANHLA MAKHANYA

Clamping down on electricity theft

WE thought that we would share with the public our good fortune. On a Saturday (our shopping day) our old car (1997 vintage) decided that it was too tired

- much to our dismay! How-ever, when we ‘phoned Ho-wick Auto Electrical, help was at hand. They checked the car and towed it away, but offered to take us shopping. We took

them up on the of-fer on Monday morn-ing when we realised that the problem was worse than we had hoped(!). We were collected from Am-berglen by Kista; at our request dropped off  at Woolies and collected by him when we had com-pleted our necessary purchases. He helped us carry our bags in and  offered to fetch us if we needed any-thing more. On Tuesday, when the car was ready, Kista

fetched us in our car, but Ro-lan was not happy with the job they had done. We had a doctor’s appointment, so once again, Kista drove us to our destination. We ‘phoned him when we had fi nished and he obligingly fetched us in our now fi xed car. As a new immo-biliser had been fi tted, time was taken to show us how to use it and Rolan wouldn’t let us drive off until he was sat-isfi ed that everything was OK and that we understood  how to work it.I  have mentioned the very good service we had to others, and they, too, had experienced the same service.    It is not often that such service is offered - thank you Howick Auto Electrical - you are stars, every last one of you!BRYAN AND PEGGY FRAYNE, AMBERGLEN

Thank you, Howick Auto Electrical

IN the lead article in last week’s Vil-lage Talk (30 Au-gust 2013) it was incorrectly stat-ed that uMnge-ni Residents and Ratepayers Chair-man, Rory An-derson, revealed that uMngeni was the ‘only munici-pality which had been downgraded.’ This should have read as ‘one of 10 municipalities in South Africa that has been down-graded.’ We apolo-gise for the error.

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THE All Souls Seva Associa-tion has accomplished their fi rst joint project of cleaning up the Valley of Rest ceme-tery. A big thank you to the uMngeni Municipality, Mrs. S. Takur Rajbansi, all local businesses, Howick West Primary, Howick Secondary, Village Talk and you, the general public, who were true ambassadors to seva (service).The All Souls Seva Associa-tion has identifi ed needy and desperate families who need help and relief from poverty, due to death, unemployment and rising cost; families are silently moving on with no help whatsoever! The Asso-ciation has therefore taken on their second project called ‘Food for all souls’.This initiative has kicked off well in the past week and 10 families have received large food combos donated by Ho-

wick West Hindu Prayer As-sociation, Sankara Narayan, Howick Pick ‘n Pay, Nickees Bargains, G&S Hardware, Ori-ent Pharmacy, Howick West Service Station, MacCurry, the Nankoo family and Mrs. J. Singh; thank you all. Members of the Association are on a door

to door campaign rais-ing membership aware-ness to this worthy cause. We would like to thank Mr. DJ De Jesus for promot-ing and kicking off this ini-tiative in partnership with Pick ‘n Pay, Nickees Bar-gains G&S Hardware, Ori-ent Pharmacy and Village Talk. More businesses are invited to help drive this food campaign to a target of approximately 50 food combos on a monthly dis-tribution system, rotat-ing new families as we go along.The public are welcome to drop off donations in kind

or cash to Mr. R. Sewdan (033-330 6574), Mr. N. Beechu (073 584 3737) or Mr. P. Govender (078 207 1933) or deposits can be made to All Souls Seva Association, FNB Account No. 64419725281; Branch Code 220725.

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Hilton Pre-Primary was privileged to have Di Walsh from Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife come and speak to our Grade R classes about ‘Identifying Animal Droppings’.  During the previous week we had a raffle to collect money for ‘Project Rhino KZN’. The money collected will go towards

buying water bottles for the rangers who are out in the field protecting our rhinos.

Hilton Pre-Primary helps Project Rhino

The Wykeham Collegiate Junior School Girls enthusiastically partici-pated in a quiz on the history of the

school set by Old Girls, Lindsay Wayt and Gill Lotze. Seen above are (front

left to right) :  Diya Naidoo, Sigrid Aadnesgaard, Paige Mackenzie, Kate

Archibald, and (back left to right):  Samantha Gilson, Emma Griffin and

Yona Gwiliza.

TWC Junior School girls participate in quiz

Pupils at Laddsworth Primary School in Hilton recently collected pet food and newspapers for the Umgeni SPCA. Jane Goetsch, Umgeni SPCA’s Education Officer attended assembly at the

school to thank the pupils and talk to them about caring for their pets. She also presented prizes to the three pupils who collected the most money at Laddsworth

for the SPCA’s 1000 Paws Walk campaign in June. Pictured here with Goetsch are Ethan Bo-tha (Grade 4) who came third with R180; first-placed Duncan King (Grade 1) who collected

R300 and Zoë von Fintel (Grade 5) who collected R250 to come second. The class that collected the most money was Grade 1M, whose members all received a Frankie’s

drink and an eraser in recognition of the R415 they collected.

Laddsworth pupils support Umgeni SPCA

PATRICK Voorma, an ex-treme diver from Dur-ban, will be speaking about how he discovered a “lost” World War 2 sub-marine earlier this year, at 7:00pm on Tuesday 10th September at Howick High School.The diving fraternity had been puzzled about the whereabouts of the HMS Otus, which was decom-missioned and sunk off Durban.Patrick needed to per-form some extremely deep dives in preparation for diving to great depths with scientists research-ing the mysterious, pre-historic coelocanth fi sh off Sodwana Bay. To his astonishment, when he went down he stumbled upon the HMS Otus! He was

quoted in the press say-ing: “You feel like an ex-plorer, like David Living-stone fi nding the source of the Nile.”Patrick says diving was a natural progression for him after spearfi sh-ing and crayfi shing.“I wanted to see more and stay under the wa-ter longer,” says the Northlands Boys High old boy who has a link to the Midlands, having lived in Pietermaritz-burg for some of his childhood when he at-tended St Charles Col-lege.Entrance to the talk, in

the school’s team teaching facility, is free but donations to help Howick High attract future speakers will be welcome. 

World War 2 Submarine talk at Howick High

Extreme diver Patrick Voorma with a map showing the many wrecks

deep underwater off Durban.

Brendon and Hanna Joubert were married re-cently in the Midlands. Their romantic story caught the imagination of some of their cus-tomers, as Brendon met and fell in love with

Hanna while he was working for her father in Wales. He persuaded her to come back with him to Howick, where they settled and have been running the successful Country Block-

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SEPTEMBER is the beginning of Spring so we can look forward to lovely spring rains then watch our gardens burst into colour. It is truly an exciting time with the promise of new life everywhere. It is time to plan your summer garden, plant out your summer annuals eg. marigolds, zinnias, gaillardias, portulaca, salvias, petunias, calendulas to name a few. Be sure to mulch and water everyday in this unseasonal heat. It is a good time to take tip or softwood cuttings and remember to keep them damp. Mow and water your lawns reg-ularly during the dry weather. Feed, mulch and water hydrangeas and irises. Dahlia bulbs can be watered now; if you don’t have any dahlias why not try the bedding dahlias - there are so many dif-ferent colours and they are a real joy. It is a good time to plant a hanging basket for your verandah or patio, there are so many pretty seedlings around. Don’t for-get to put out the bait for fruit fl y in fruit trees.Veggies: beans (bush and climbing) beet-root, brinjals, cabbage, carrots, celery, chillies, cucumbers, mealies, sweet pota-toes, sweet peppers and tomatoes.Don’t forget to keep fi lling your bird baths for the birds. Happy gardening!

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HI there gardeners - its spring!  But feels more like summer.  Last month we met at “FreeMe” for a talk on Vervet monkeys by Jean Senogles. It was very informa-tive and amusing and Jean changed our thinking about monkeys, although they are destructive in the garden they are still God’s creation.This month we are going to the Clivia farm in Merrivale where John Handman will give us a talk and tour on Clivias. There is quite a lot of walking so wear comfortable shoes and please bring a chair.  Tea and coffee will be provided and the club will supply biscuits.Directions:  At the Merrivale Spar turn left into Geekie Road, at the third inter-section turn left into Klaasen Road, go over the railway bridge to the bottom of the hill, at the T-junction turn left onto a dirt road and follow the Clivia farm signs.  We look forward to seeing you all on Thursday 12th September at 9.30am. For further details please contact Sandy (033-330 4058 or 083 438 2166 or Judy (033-330 8458 or 078 901 5182).

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The staff of Howick Auto Electrical outside their new premises in Main Street. They have recently received

several accolades for going the extra mile for their cus-tomers. Good service is alive and well in Howick!

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BY MFUNDO MKHIZENEDBANK  has developed an innovative campaign aimed at imparting a culture of saving in schools.  The campaign, Ned-bank @work project ukonga, has seen the bank identifying more than 20 schools in the Natal Midlands. These schools will be used as a pilot project. “With this we hope that the schools will provide us with verbal testimonials from which we would gauge our project’s roll out,” said Shekar Maha-beer, the bank’s relationship manager. The bank has teamed up with KZN Provincial Treasury, and KZN Financial Literacy.   The team recently addressed teachers at the Thusong centre in Impendle.  Mahabeer said the bank aimed to create a fun way for children to develop stronger money- man-agement skills. “This would give them a head start in money matters,” he stressed. He noted that budgeting was not an easy skill. He said the project would be driven by professional and dedicated Nedbank con-sultants who are specialists in the savings and day to day banking.  “Our sound foot-

print in KZN capacitates N@W to effi ciently deliver set objectives,” he said.Educators would not however take a back seat, as they would also be consulted on fi nancial solutions that they needed. The bank would provide them with all available products that will assist them in managing their fi nances. They would get a chance to enjoy seamless banking from the banking consultants.  He said this was a continuing commitment to assist the communities in which they operate.  He urged the teachers to consider saving in groups. “Because some of you travel to big-ger towns, maybe you can help pupils save,” said Mahaber.  He was also responding to one of the concerns raised by the principals. Also representing Nedbank was Khulekani Madlala, the key account manager for ac-tivations.  “You need to preach a culture of saving at schools. This as they head to var-sity after school and then shortly they will be heading up households,” said Madlala.  He said the bank had done a pilot project where the bank targeted grade 11 and 12

learners. He said project ukon-ga was suitable for both the pu-pils and their teachers. “What we are saying is that people need to differentiate between a need and a want. If you do not budget you will be found wanting,” he said. He added that budgeting was a skill. The Project Manager for the KZN Treasury’s fi nancial literacy, Nto-kozo Zikalala, said the depart-ment had observed the prob-lem that came with debt. “For instance wealth is created by the resourc-es. In order to have resources one needed skills on how to handle money,” said Zikala-la. She explained their project had six focus groups, which included: school youth and out of school youth, SMMES, women and vulnerable people, government employees and traditional leaders.   Zama Mbambo , who served with municipal-ities political offi ce, said she had observed with concern how debt was crippling the

civil servants. “Some offi cials would come to work stressed because of garnishee or-ders. In some extremes other people would resort to drugs and this also gave rise to ab-senteeism,” she said. She said people need-ed to have a strong budget which would ensure that they are not in debt.  This was also echoed by Ron Ries, who is from Free Me. “Consumers must know their rights. You must not let debtors take away those rights,” he said.  His company also assists people with budgeting.

Nedbank launches Project Ukonga

Khulekani Madondo, of Nedbank, addressing the crowd.

Four talented St Anne’s Diocesan College girls were chosen to play at the senior Best of the Eisteddfod Con-cert held at the Tatham Art Gallery on the 28th August.

(Back left to right): Chelsea Kisbey-Green (Grade 6 Saxophone) and Jordan Jooste (Grade 4 Piano). (Front left to right): Ntombifuthi Shezi (Grade 6 Saxophone) and Ana Chemaly (Grade 6 Piano). Others who were

invited to perform (but were unable to attend) includ-ed Hannah Acutt (Gr 4 Piano), Robyn Ducasse (Gr 5

Flute), Sandisiwe Shoba (Gr 7 Piano), Itumeleng Nqoko (Gr 7 Piano), Rebecca Smale (Gr 7 Piano) and St Anne’s

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ANN Burke’s love affair with cranes began in 1987 when she started work as an intern at the International Crane Foundation in her home town of Baraboo, Wisconsin, USA. For seven years she worked on all aspects of captive crane husbandry: incubation, chick rearing and artifi cial insemination, with a special focus on crane matchmaking.Ann is now the Conservation Programme Manager at the KwaZulu-Natal Crane Foundation in Nottingham Road, and Forum members were treated to one of her fascinating talks at their June meeting.In order to produce eggs a female crane must fi rst establish a pair bond with a male of her liking - there must be a love connection be-tween an individual male and female or no eggs will be produced – and Ann described many interesting details of crane behaviour, court-ship and reproduction using examples from the world’s 15 species. How many people know that the Wattled Crane found in South Af-rica is the one crane species that only raises one chick per season, or that the Crowned Crane is the only crane that still has the abil-ity to perch? A crane even made the Guinness Book of World Re-cords - the oldest living bird was a male Siberian Crane named Wolf who died at age 82 and fathered his fi rst chicks when in his 70s!Ann also spoke of the work the KwaZulu-Natal Crane Foundation is pursuing in partnership with the Endangered Wildlife Trust, EZKN Wildlife and the Johannesburg Zoo in an effort to save the critically endangered Wattled Crane. The entire population in South Africa has dwindled to approximately 260 individuals. For over 30 years conservationists in North America have success-fully released human-reared cranes into the wild using a technique called isolation or costume-rearing. Feasibility trials were conducted in 2000 to assess the potential for using this technique to increase South Africa’s Wattled Crane population, and three isolation-reared Wattled Crane chicks were released and successfully integrated into the wild Wattled Crane fl ock in KwaZulu-Natal. Chicks for this programme are obtained by removing eggs from dou-

ble-clutch wild nests as second eggs are abandoned by the parents. Isola-tion-rearing consists of human care-takers dressed in costumes and pup-pets who mimic the behaviours of adult cranes, thereby encouraging young cranes to obtain the skills necessary for survival in the wild. The KwaZulu-Na-tal Crane Foundation is currently con-structing a nursery for this purpose on the Bill Barnes Crane and Oribi Nature Reserve which they own and manage in Nottingham Road, and the fi rst chicks are expected to be reared in 2014.

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COMPETITIONS:The inaugural ‘Power Drive’ competition, generously sponsored by the Lawnmow-er Shop, was well attended and enjoyably competitive. The owner of the Lawnmower Shop, Kevin Holton, presented the prizes to the winning team of Pete Van Rensburg, Ted Smith and Jo Boonzaier.Teams are still needed for the Moffatt Opti-cal Competition on 20th October. Enquiries to Dave Truscott on 033-239 4512.

Club Duties: Refreshments: 31st August – 6th Septem-ber: Alan Wells; 7th September – 13th September: Trevor James.Tabs: 4th September – 10th September: Tim Waring and Graham Mallon.Teas: 4th September: Hilary Williams; 7th September: Petra Stubbs; 10th September: Pearl Paget.Social Bowls:Every Wednesday and Saturday, tabs in by

1.30pm. Whites. Every Tuesday morning, tabs in by 9.00am until further notice. Casual. Visitors most welcome.Free coaching takes place on a regular ba-sis. For any enquiries kindly contact John Withers on 033-239 5376, Graeme Cam-eron on 033-330 3457, Hilary Williams on 033-3303992 or Barry Bedworth on 033-239 5445.

UMGENI BOWLING CLUB

HOWICK Bowling Club came across on Wednesday to play against Hilton in the annual contest between our clubs. The weather was perfect, and the match was played in the true spirit of bowls. Af-ter twenty ends on seven rinks, Howick pipped Hilton by just two shots. Well done, neighbours, but watch out next year! Spe-cial mention must be made of the Hilton team of George Oldham, Jill Bannatyne, Gill Robertson and Anton Leisegang which contributed more than 25% of Hilton’s to-

tal. One lesson from the day was that 56 players cannot be comfortably accommo-dated in our club house.Perfect conditions greeted us again on Sunday when we held a Bowls Aware-ness morning. Ten people who have nev-er played the game before came to see what it’s all about. There was much laugh-ter, cheering and downright good fun. A number of the visitors took away applica-tion forms while others arranged to do the coaching course. We look forward to see-

ing many new bowlers on our green soon.Members are reminded that the green will be closed for spring treatment from 25th September to 15th October. We are plan-ning to hold a social on Friday 11th Octo-ber. Details to follow.Duties: 8th – 14th September: OOD: Margie Garrard. Tabs: Fred Palmer. Duty team: Dave Garrard. Teas on 14th September: John Pattrick and Chris Purchase. Biscuits: 10th and 12th September: Pat Gordon and Tom Hartley.

HILTON BOWING CLUB

ON Saturday 24th August, the annual In-ter-house Athletics was held at Howick High School. The day was most enjoyable; even the weather was warm on the day. In total an incredible 23 records were broken. Allemans were the winning House on the day and also bagged the ‘Best Spirit’ trophy. The senior Victor Ludorum was awarded to Sandile Mnikathi and the senior Victrix Ludo-rum was awarded to Elizabeth Olivier. The Ju-nior Victor Ludorum was awarded to Mpen-dulo Dladla and the junior Victrix Ludorum to Kate Venter.In addition to the overall trophy winners, a number of signifi cant records were broken:Mpendulo Dladla broke 4 records; Roland Pie-

naar broke his own Discus record by 8 me-tres; Sandile Mnikathi broke both his own re-cords for the 100m and 200m sprints while Wesley Vincent broke the 1 500m record. In-neke de Goede won the 200m trophy; Wesley Vincent won the trophy for the 1 500m; Bren-dan Stead won the trophy for senior boys’ Javelin and Joshua Foster won the open boys’ High Jump trophy.The school would like to thank the athletes, their parents and supporters as well as the staff who offi ciated on the day. Special thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Gardner for their input into athletics in general, as well as for the hours of preparation in the lead up to this success-ful day.

Howick High News

Saturday 7th September: Sherwood Country Market from 10:00am to 2:00pm in the Car Park at the Sherwood Complex between Greenfi elds and Scarecrows. Wide range of products from cookies to woodwork. Wors and steak rolls, cakes and pancakes will be available. For more information contact 082 415 8993.

Sunday 8th September: Howick Falls Art and Craft Market at Goddard Park from 9:00am until 3:00pm. Come and do your shopping or just browse round all the stalls for that home-made item you have always wanted. Visit the Falls, have a picnic and enjoy a day out in The Hub of the Midlands.

Sunday 8th September: BirdLife KZN Mid-lands morning outing to Bisley at 6:30am. Co-ordinator David Crampton on 082 771 7274.

Sunday 8th September: Curry’s Post Conser-vancy Walk from 9:00 to 11:00am. Explore a different part of this area each month. Contact Sarah Allen to book on 076 578 2941. Donation R20 to Curry’s Post Conser-vancy.

Tuesday 10th September: Mpophomeni Hills Walk from 9:00 to 11:00am. Join lo-cal guides to learn more about the area. Contact Penz Mal-inga to book on 073 948 3209. Dona-tion R20 to Mpoph-omeni Conservation Group.

Wednesday 11th September: U3A (The University of the third Age) meets again at 2:30pm in the An-glican Church Hall, Harvard Street, Ho-wick. Professor El-wyn Jenkins will be speaking on ‘The ancient Celts’. Who were they? Where are they today?

Phone Marie on 082 705 7620 for further information.

Every Saturday – St. Luke’s Church Tea Gardens is open from 9:00 to 11:00am. Join us for coffee, tea, scones or crum-pets at R5-00 per item.

Tuesday and Thursday evenings – Free Fun Fitness Workout suitable for all ages, from 5:30 to 6L30pm on Main Street. Call Warren on 082 859 5447 or Hazel on 082 323 1191.

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