tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57092996534848206792024-03-10T04:48:00.743+02:00Rising SunAn account of the doings of the Rotary Club of Johannesburg New Dawn since it was chartered on the 20th January, 2009.Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15232481254965964013noreply@blogger.comBlogger642125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709299653484820679.post-30402073841868472452023-11-07T07:29:00.000+02:002023-11-07T07:29:36.520+02:00Facing the New Dawn Challenges<p>It was all business at the club assembly on Saturday, called specifically to address club issues, most importantly the more streamlined integration of new members into club structures.</p><p>The mediator for the day, Grant Daly, a past district governor of D9400, under whose auspices New Dawn falls, started off by saying that New Dawn is now the second largest club in the district with more than 50 members.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiESBvvm_qFHcckJay2oCTUUpGQTPFMNWdYlOiO87VWWu0TAZi0E_43ktWEszoWvm00zgsq6AemCi4Env5Rw_2ps7tCps-fVoxOWM5BsL-nQUu69LeG_f0nKRYf5ZuAqcjQYiDzV4EyJ69UojfevhyW7lDN3Cfeq6IchqWEJNh1wocaW0_xZM7zJbMfUpo/s1024/49db4b18-e0cd-4d78-a166-7f766766a958.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="463" data-original-width="1024" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiESBvvm_qFHcckJay2oCTUUpGQTPFMNWdYlOiO87VWWu0TAZi0E_43ktWEszoWvm00zgsq6AemCi4Env5Rw_2ps7tCps-fVoxOWM5BsL-nQUu69LeG_f0nKRYf5ZuAqcjQYiDzV4EyJ69UojfevhyW7lDN3Cfeq6IchqWEJNh1wocaW0_xZM7zJbMfUpo/w656-h304/49db4b18-e0cd-4d78-a166-7f766766a958.jpeg" width="656" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;"> Grant Daly and the assembled members</span></div><p>He said that with the rapid recent growth, there are bound to be growing pains, especially because the club is barely 15 years old. Recent growth has added greatly to New Dawn's diversity in terms of race and to a lesser extent gender and age.</p><p>One of the challenges is that newer members don't fully realise that the Rotary International culture is all about membership and is very people-centric as opposed to being results driven. Rotary exists because of the Rotarian and because of the club, not because of Rotary International.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9UgKGPlneOKM746VeYStWissibtTSLryt8oldFsNqfkn9lg9UKvAZWvxTTGZ9Z2dJSkcZeW2ak29u2awb1IFNqYdnQ5Z_8oAdflu8eOuhJbAqxR45L6KAeeHBreTf2T73cVYH7jBtAQYkIGQHPmQbtngc4cuuEb3G_nMgNmaz6lyb8Y1af5AEI_e1FHY/s3705/IMG_2182.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1599" data-original-width="3705" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9UgKGPlneOKM746VeYStWissibtTSLryt8oldFsNqfkn9lg9UKvAZWvxTTGZ9Z2dJSkcZeW2ak29u2awb1IFNqYdnQ5Z_8oAdflu8eOuhJbAqxR45L6KAeeHBreTf2T73cVYH7jBtAQYkIGQHPmQbtngc4cuuEb3G_nMgNmaz6lyb8Y1af5AEI_e1FHY/w656-h265/IMG_2182.jpeg" width="656" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">President Mbali Zulu hands Grant Daly a voucher as a token of appreciation after the session</span><p>Rotary is not a hierarchy, he said, it is flipped upside down with the clubs being paramount and district, zones and regions being administrative tools, much as RI itself.</p><p>Without the members and clubs there is no service.</p><p>Some 25 members attended the assembly, just on half of the club. About the same percentage of members filled out the short online survey that formed the basis of the assembly.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiad62b3lNaz8dM6OB0QAb_oC925XeMV7fYLDbJGuW0pywkS9Na2M_C7gseAq2ssmTVREiBVkrCNekD0SlMT5nTEi3Tv39imN_YkU1XvcLFG_-QZ4aDLSALBAeGupiJV9V_w6flUoCX75y3L1vXqCTQsj37TMdkVvy1cGs3psMIKSaqMvXvGIFGUJdG4zE/s1024/ba574161-bf3a-43b8-8f51-e8180cd81e5f.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="519" data-original-width="1024" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiad62b3lNaz8dM6OB0QAb_oC925XeMV7fYLDbJGuW0pywkS9Na2M_C7gseAq2ssmTVREiBVkrCNekD0SlMT5nTEi3Tv39imN_YkU1XvcLFG_-QZ4aDLSALBAeGupiJV9V_w6flUoCX75y3L1vXqCTQsj37TMdkVvy1cGs3psMIKSaqMvXvGIFGUJdG4zE/w590-h296/ba574161-bf3a-43b8-8f51-e8180cd81e5f.jpeg" width="590" /></a></div> F<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">ellowship after the hard work with Paul Channon, Joan Donet, Julian Nagy and Helene Bramwell</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">The main finding of this incomplete sample of people was that about a third of members are not entirely happy or for the glass half full crowd, that two thirds of members are mainly happy with the way things are done and are going.</span></div><p>PDG Grant said the survey was aimed at ways to enhance the club experience. From conflict, he said, comes solutions.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ_K4pIOhBUB2WUFwc6EolC-Rm2wKkRhw9cKx21Sp8LcFzwd54Fpuo2Ln7Sc_AKHibIiQXfwfkJe0kToKuQig7QD0aTCIpbCSpdffEV9hJGXgGGEBmeSMiBZ7OMajiFr6T9WsI7BR6YB6FjqIbiU2rGlEjNltk5uZJYQ2sARoQiLaF80sYq0KyBu4Zrdo/s940/85a96746-651e-4a8b-9afc-9469cf6b033b.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="940" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ_K4pIOhBUB2WUFwc6EolC-Rm2wKkRhw9cKx21Sp8LcFzwd54Fpuo2Ln7Sc_AKHibIiQXfwfkJe0kToKuQig7QD0aTCIpbCSpdffEV9hJGXgGGEBmeSMiBZ7OMajiFr6T9WsI7BR6YB6FjqIbiU2rGlEjNltk5uZJYQ2sARoQiLaF80sYq0KyBu4Zrdo/w577-h320/85a96746-651e-4a8b-9afc-9469cf6b033b.jpeg" width="577" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Nyami Khanyile and Zena Kimaro in a relaxed mode</span><p>The most important four messages to take out of the assembly, he said, are:</p><p>1. Tweaking the structure of the club: an example of this would be that during every presidency there is a president, the immediate past president, a president-elect to follow the president and at the latest by December of each year, a nominee president for the year after that.</p><p>For this to work, the club needs multiple volunteers for president, so start putting up your hands. The alternative is stagnancy.</p><p>2. Mentorship of new members. He emphasised that the best mentor is the person who introduced the new member in the first place.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRYEO6D625ylptK7DXl_Gz3M2usjMNVzUZ25GUJOseC10psnnf4c3x4dn_h2m8Z-p95tv9_XgUUe0gokedUUxVDUcTuBQ8HoyWoQEa2hQayrpcIrsH7VfMR8Ltp6pRptbhk7HyzV-_RFhr4PmwTwSiLIKod5OqklSdAX6l1R1QuXIlF3Fmu7Q0vJbkXyQ/s623/5388dbef-b190-4fad-a9a2-b58d0cc340d2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="623" data-original-width="616" height="443" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRYEO6D625ylptK7DXl_Gz3M2usjMNVzUZ25GUJOseC10psnnf4c3x4dn_h2m8Z-p95tv9_XgUUe0gokedUUxVDUcTuBQ8HoyWoQEa2hQayrpcIrsH7VfMR8Ltp6pRptbhk7HyzV-_RFhr4PmwTwSiLIKod5OqklSdAX6l1R1QuXIlF3Fmu7Q0vJbkXyQ/w512-h443/5388dbef-b190-4fad-a9a2-b58d0cc340d2.jpeg" width="512" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">PDG Grant Daly and PDG Jankees Sligcher</span><p>3. Strategic planning in terms of the scope and number of signature projects and forging a shared vision; also gaining consensus on how and on what club funds should be spent every year. This also includes the public image of the club, an important tool in raising funds.</p><p>4. Membership enhancement, he said, is very important in making members feel they are contributing something real. He included setting up a Rotary Community Corps under this point, knowing that New Dawn is very interested in the opportunities in Soweto.</p><p>The next step is to summarise the findings of the survey, put into action as many of the necessary steps as possible and as soon as possible so that New Dawn can live up to its name of being a New Dawn in Rotary.</p><p>For that to happen, more people are going to have to put up their hands to help in running the club. Without that, we don't have a club.</p><p><b>This Week: </b>It's a business meeting on Wednesday where the main points of discussion will be Donate a Loo, The Link and feedback from the education committee.</p><p><b>A Thought for the Week: </b>A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did. - <b>John Burroughs (1837 - 1921)</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></b></span></p><p><br /></p>Mike Vinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653867327615471017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709299653484820679.post-75675830554897550852023-10-28T09:45:00.002+02:002023-10-28T09:45:59.857+02:00A Rotary Woman of the World<p>Born in Portugal, raised in Angola, a resident of South Africa for the best part of the past 20 years and during that time becoming a citizen of the world; that just about sums up the life journey of Weza Solange, TV personality, actress, producer, public speaker and wearer of any more hats than just those.</p><p>Weza was the speaker at the meeting this week and told the club that her parents, went to Portugal for her birth, like many other Angolans of means did during the Angolan civil war. Angola had become independent from Portugal back in 1975, but that was followed by 30 years of war.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg328tc5N3_Yk28ByCXubnu_Dbg0pl9NeaY2OD68RoDRPIrxAI_7dBBzxpe6wpi_bY6oOUSJJRigy26a03KpOITfYUs362BqyPLxp2DLO-pLgYWXAcB66SEcKzIWsJa_J4fsPvFcuYllSzx32-Z-Cg0dGHAq_lA5ShzRM8PvQwHH8CSSyXBo7TKFhi2GIs/s1024/3DDCF32F-B82F-4C48-954D-96177FFB836B_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="606" height="684" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg328tc5N3_Yk28ByCXubnu_Dbg0pl9NeaY2OD68RoDRPIrxAI_7dBBzxpe6wpi_bY6oOUSJJRigy26a03KpOITfYUs362BqyPLxp2DLO-pLgYWXAcB66SEcKzIWsJa_J4fsPvFcuYllSzx32-Z-Cg0dGHAq_lA5ShzRM8PvQwHH8CSSyXBo7TKFhi2GIs/w447-h684/3DDCF32F-B82F-4C48-954D-96177FFB836B_1_201_a.jpeg" width="447" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Weza addressing the club members</span><p>She says her father, Angolan police commissioner, was a very stern man and strong in his beliefs, something he passed on to his children. He was heavily involved in politics and one of his tasks was to receive "troops" from South Africa, train them and send them back to fight the apartheid state.</p><p>After he was assassinated, her mother fled Angola with the family to the relative safety and superior education offered by South Africa. Weza was 13 years old and couldn't speak a word of English.</p><p>She attended Dominican Convent in Johannesburg, where she taught herself English.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimBHTrO8tsfYFReNonr8dfFXHANKXh2LhRs8OgDcVBwIhLBPC9AMqI4EO2QAWkZbmeoFTMqEZinGthtk5EdnbIo-Aw2NJ2_Zu-PFvCKdZ3OuxHHxQQvZDUYsFFQhmXfrai6ilBZpr3suMriFQKnCuDS9jN5ZMKEzN0BFFwZgWBO0YkeRfpwXQI0JgVbBA/s953/9E2F3997-8812-43FB-A694-877B12B813E9_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="953" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimBHTrO8tsfYFReNonr8dfFXHANKXh2LhRs8OgDcVBwIhLBPC9AMqI4EO2QAWkZbmeoFTMqEZinGthtk5EdnbIo-Aw2NJ2_Zu-PFvCKdZ3OuxHHxQQvZDUYsFFQhmXfrai6ilBZpr3suMriFQKnCuDS9jN5ZMKEzN0BFFwZgWBO0YkeRfpwXQI0JgVbBA/w627-h341/9E2F3997-8812-43FB-A694-877B12B813E9_1_201_a.jpeg" width="627" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Weza with Joan Sainsbury, Nola Ostle, Babette Gallard, President Mbali Zulu and Paul Chinn</span><p>"The idea was always to get a degree and then go back to Angola. I wanted to get into politics, but my mother said no ways, you'll get us all killed."</p><p>She studied business management and along the way became involved in TV. Her whole family, these days spread all over the Portuguese speaking world, favour the professions such as medicine and law and looked down on her career choice, she said.</p><p>At university she started earning money and could finish her degree in marketing, but the TV bug had bitten and she decided to stay in South Africa.</p><p>"The best invrestment my mother ever gave me was a good education. She wanted her children to be good citizens wherever they are in the world."</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA04Bt9gnqlnBrNzN_ZAKnXcLujzWCF04Jorx4Zi_Fjeh2fk0_tor1gHcUbSur6BVFw7YXK1z4ajQAQ2jo2hd0csaQsOYVXcI8JORoIu5kk_PjM5TEIut9FfU2iBypZ6_RSJKMbap2RroVPwSTbRis6b6RrDkmfqgepcN4lrgdUwlUMn7hW3FC-49P6_8/s755/54ccfa31-73a4-499e-8d3b-6ad6d34eb06f.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="755" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA04Bt9gnqlnBrNzN_ZAKnXcLujzWCF04Jorx4Zi_Fjeh2fk0_tor1gHcUbSur6BVFw7YXK1z4ajQAQ2jo2hd0csaQsOYVXcI8JORoIu5kk_PjM5TEIut9FfU2iBypZ6_RSJKMbap2RroVPwSTbRis6b6RrDkmfqgepcN4lrgdUwlUMn7hW3FC-49P6_8/w579-h404/54ccfa31-73a4-499e-8d3b-6ad6d34eb06f.jpeg" width="579" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Weza with fellow new Dawn members Jacinta Opany-Agbara and Amina Frense</span><p>She said South Africans reminded her of Americans in the sense that South Africans knew very little about the rest of Africa, especially in the past. This ignorance easily leads to xenophobia. "I believe xenophobia has its roots in people not understanding each other."</p><p>These days she travels all over Africa and is passionate about networking, about getting people together who have a common purpose, whether it is socially or in business.</p><p>"I'm here because someone gave me a good education. I'm here despite the trauma of the way my father died."</p><p>About Rotary Weza said: "I didn't know there are people out there who are doing good without expecting anything in return. I truly believe that in Rotary the feeling is to help communities who need it."</p><p>She said Rotary is like a business and should be run as a business and that the club should become far more focused on social media.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizy3JN0jwp6XlT5zT-1ieGmacGkmDg8d6719bS480-MK9tRtFl66sJJUIkyXUXm8NSrreOakO9MlUaL8sUgqgdZDD1JbhBRORxxjMuH4TENhyphenhyphenvMq2KG7ySOQjE7ZaOVWIzM3pHACH92ENdQRisj96Ncn-OvNFDXDtrlMR-kv10tdxneK76PaI3shzvWNE/s873/B0B89847-57D4-4A11-8603-D776B6DA45AD_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="873" data-original-width="589" height="583" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizy3JN0jwp6XlT5zT-1ieGmacGkmDg8d6719bS480-MK9tRtFl66sJJUIkyXUXm8NSrreOakO9MlUaL8sUgqgdZDD1JbhBRORxxjMuH4TENhyphenhyphenvMq2KG7ySOQjE7ZaOVWIzM3pHACH92ENdQRisj96Ncn-OvNFDXDtrlMR-kv10tdxneK76PaI3shzvWNE/w419-h583/B0B89847-57D4-4A11-8603-D776B6DA45AD_1_201_a.jpeg" width="419" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Francis De Jongh-Marchant and Francine De Clerq, prospective members</span><p></p><p><b>Next Week: </b>There is NO MEETING at the Parkview Golf Club on Wednesday. This is because of the Club Assembly on Saturday (4 November) at Twickenham Guest House, from 11 am to 3 pm. This is an important meeting to discuss club issues in a less rushed atmosphere, so do try to be there.</p><p><b>A Thought for the Week: </b>Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up<b>. - Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><br /><br />Mike Vinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653867327615471017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709299653484820679.post-32518826663141330092023-10-20T17:38:00.000+02:002023-10-20T17:38:39.576+02:00Changing the Shape of Breast Cancer<p>Her passion has always been about people who don't have access to decent medical care, Professor Carol Benn, renowned breast disease specialist and surgeon, told the members of the Rotary Club of Johannesburg New Dawn.</p><p>Prof Benn spoke to the club as part of Breast Awareness Month in October. She said she firmly believes that access to healthcare should be a fundamental tight for everyone.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ-OeUqa3GlvvAZWx_vk0HDowp5RwWFylw-P8EZtDOAh36Gyga-g6Y3yvu6PjuobUqKLoMXIyX4mqAikuo2JO2NCFOGyvr13rY5NwujfLr74y9tfRAu5tXQgRulX-igdB89C0FN9w8RcDwBWqkQq7JIY7EPj5RVUSQsHDyXOnbTd6h_dp7ku5f2XtfWe0/s807/149FD4F2-990A-4886-858C-0B23F9425772_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="807" data-original-width="593" height="529" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ-OeUqa3GlvvAZWx_vk0HDowp5RwWFylw-P8EZtDOAh36Gyga-g6Y3yvu6PjuobUqKLoMXIyX4mqAikuo2JO2NCFOGyvr13rY5NwujfLr74y9tfRAu5tXQgRulX-igdB89C0FN9w8RcDwBWqkQq7JIY7EPj5RVUSQsHDyXOnbTd6h_dp7ku5f2XtfWe0/w378-h529/149FD4F2-990A-4886-858C-0B23F9425772_1_201_a.jpeg" width="378" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Prof Lucile Blumberg, Julian Nagy and Prof Carol Benn</span><p>She admitted that she had woken up at 4 am on Wednesday and had already performed four surgeries before arriving for her talk. Once she'd finished answering questions, she left to go back to the operating theatre.</p><p>Prof Benn heads up the Breast Care Centre of Excellence at Netcare's Milpark Hospital.</p><p>In introducing her, Prof Lucille Blumberg said she takes a holistic approach to health care and has helped to turn breast cancer from what was an untreatable disease into a journey that often has a good outcome.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUS6Fs8pineKLwaL0qSB4FjaIkJI3fDsjV7IKRm3eHG533vQMWrCFYd6QzXSUZHgqSxEXsv54QiCUZUj5R4yx8GgH2C507o56w4NivTMQRSgA1H9NnWFQ2Jx2sW_tk4dpw0RFKr8AJFtJfbboKfgoUAlkJrLB28yLZ2JVtRi17vV-xwvDvhBhcXVaqwHg/s1024/DA005CEB-DC9A-4AB7-A5A9-738D8FAC2B4D_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="1024" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUS6Fs8pineKLwaL0qSB4FjaIkJI3fDsjV7IKRm3eHG533vQMWrCFYd6QzXSUZHgqSxEXsv54QiCUZUj5R4yx8GgH2C507o56w4NivTMQRSgA1H9NnWFQ2Jx2sW_tk4dpw0RFKr8AJFtJfbboKfgoUAlkJrLB28yLZ2JVtRi17vV-xwvDvhBhcXVaqwHg/w680-h270/DA005CEB-DC9A-4AB7-A5A9-738D8FAC2B4D_1_201_a.jpeg" width="680" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Club members and visitors turned the Parkview venue into a sea of pink</span><br /><p>Prof Benn explained how she had left Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto because of frustration at not been allowed to establish a breast clinic within the state system.</p><p>She left for the Johannesburg Gen (these days the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital) where she was met by what she describes as a "butchery of chopping off breasts."</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Lq9vgLJvG4zoblb7qyxOeMdjiJVWEzlzmcPZfDS_oyAwt9K3DImiz4IQGFYkUukNKiVylGB18vGCBDq1XMviZz8b2W3vUHJGmIR8cJD8GzAmBMTq1WhdLSvxVXu0E7xyHyaCoUyRgHU79kCRKBfv5K829mkfmnm4-jpsGSfUZmS6aGsWhKO_E0lEVI8/s1185/062F3C54-161F-419F-89AB-7A39CAFF6867_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="704" data-original-width="1185" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Lq9vgLJvG4zoblb7qyxOeMdjiJVWEzlzmcPZfDS_oyAwt9K3DImiz4IQGFYkUukNKiVylGB18vGCBDq1XMviZz8b2W3vUHJGmIR8cJD8GzAmBMTq1WhdLSvxVXu0E7xyHyaCoUyRgHU79kCRKBfv5K829mkfmnm4-jpsGSfUZmS6aGsWhKO_E0lEVI8/w648-h316/062F3C54-161F-419F-89AB-7A39CAFF6867_1_201_a.jpeg" width="648" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Prof Benn addresses the club</span> <p>"My worst word in the world is <i>ignorance,</i>" she said. Only about 25% of people screen for breast cancer, something she doesn't understand.</p><p>"Breast cancer is not a little shop of horrors," and there is usually time to consider all the options and to get a second or if necessary even more opinions. "Don't put professionals on a pedestal," she said. "The only thing you can do on a pedestal is fall off."</p><p>"If you demand excellence, people will have to deliver."</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcKb6eWSq4wxp-oWx2DmjRAnc8sTBbcRkYXRfUYUTF75TziiJwDx3Sxlw5x93RDwze3h8MTbZOfbODOyB1l4Fp6K-NJMjvBST_tFdMpe_rvYeU2auP9Y4lBmkdqPLP9D4FiDSmIfkOUdCqfv4DeSnGBq-7-fuSmhUdBlWSBJ9qPC6mMyDIJKRX5RQY0uw/s1100/5833F1F8-DF9D-48FC-9CF1-7815EA5FEBC5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="1100" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcKb6eWSq4wxp-oWx2DmjRAnc8sTBbcRkYXRfUYUTF75TziiJwDx3Sxlw5x93RDwze3h8MTbZOfbODOyB1l4Fp6K-NJMjvBST_tFdMpe_rvYeU2auP9Y4lBmkdqPLP9D4FiDSmIfkOUdCqfv4DeSnGBq-7-fuSmhUdBlWSBJ9qPC6mMyDIJKRX5RQY0uw/w516-h422/5833F1F8-DF9D-48FC-9CF1-7815EA5FEBC5.jpeg" width="516" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Francine Declerq was a visitor and is a prospective member</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW2wV7iBTpRYmNqKFFFOiF8w16D0cLpvToqbbTd-B_y0y6EVbLjCCyJbawE7PRleFmJYiQ9FSmpEVH84L11rp1C06k3hV_PF1sd-6BCKJmKVdaW39OJkr5CU5IZEwa41ooGC7BmIjDBudVMaguNlFhX5yJegBnGTOF0KhRZvZjT-Rq6TXkjhevRZo2bWg/s1600/3465B7E5-A7BE-41AE-8C9D-D09479AE80D5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1584" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW2wV7iBTpRYmNqKFFFOiF8w16D0cLpvToqbbTd-B_y0y6EVbLjCCyJbawE7PRleFmJYiQ9FSmpEVH84L11rp1C06k3hV_PF1sd-6BCKJmKVdaW39OJkr5CU5IZEwa41ooGC7BmIjDBudVMaguNlFhX5yJegBnGTOF0KhRZvZjT-Rq6TXkjhevRZo2bWg/w516-h430/3465B7E5-A7BE-41AE-8C9D-D09479AE80D5.jpeg" width="516" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Debbie Nagy and Ivone Vosloo added to the pink theme</span><p>Especially because sub-Saharan Africa has one of the highest incidences of breast cancer in the world, people mustn't get rushed into making decisions on how to proceed.</p><p>"Consent means I need time to make a decision, I need to know what the costs are and I have a right to a second opinion."</p><p>"Never make a decision in doctors' rooms."</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaVXuamVu2Qw-hJu0vwKXE0BffyPgQBWhvLR9hfccZVH1KdiPYeYFpd_U_3EgH-_J_0hbIriGqGr-WBjgqICPwxMgQ7G-OlOi-lV8f8VSpNCfMAVAbBEBfbiDTCsZx47a_6A8026keyMOkP3Xs2_LjRYf6A5iGBhzlxx0JT_9XjHu-x3D0SPRkMt1qao0/s1447/2C1CEF5F-39D1-4AB6-8B73-4BF63F512E56.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1447" data-original-width="1425" height="455" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaVXuamVu2Qw-hJu0vwKXE0BffyPgQBWhvLR9hfccZVH1KdiPYeYFpd_U_3EgH-_J_0hbIriGqGr-WBjgqICPwxMgQ7G-OlOi-lV8f8VSpNCfMAVAbBEBfbiDTCsZx47a_6A8026keyMOkP3Xs2_LjRYf6A5iGBhzlxx0JT_9XjHu-x3D0SPRkMt1qao0/w519-h455/2C1CEF5F-39D1-4AB6-8B73-4BF63F512E56.jpeg" width="519" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Lawrence Ruele in pink mode</span><br /><p>The pink theme at the club was not only because of Breast Cancer Awareness month, but also in anticipation of the birth of Lawrence Ruele and wife JoJo's daughter, who subsequently turned out to be a strapping boy, born on Thursday.</p><p><b>Club Assembly: </b>A questionnaire has been circulated in order to collate club attitudes ahead of the club assembly on Saturday, 4 November. It will be held from 11 am to 3 and the moderator will be PDG Grant Daly. The venue is Twickenham Guest House, 66 Twickenham Ave, Auckland Park and the proceedings will include lunch and drinks to facilitate fellowship.</p><p><b>A Thought for the Week: </b>The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently. <b>- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p>Mike Vinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653867327615471017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709299653484820679.post-65757857842862269942023-09-19T12:55:00.000+02:002023-09-19T12:55:11.926+02:00All Clean On Cleanup Day<p>For a day at least the section of the Braamfontein Spruit running through the Parkview golf course was pristine with wild ducks swimming in the ponds, all thanks to World Cleanup Day last Saturday, 16 September.</p><p>About 50 volunteers from Greenside High (they came in a busload), the Greenside Residents' Association and members of Johannesburg New Dawn tackled the spruit at the golf club, successfully dodging flying golf balls in the process.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQcQ3SOXSBnwwaxP0duvB2D2t2QW0Q2W7iiA6VR_gNLTJ-txedoQG83UyXCjFZJbuMffVRr5kNmndC7Fg11z8RTZyAzlLHOMCBjRPTE8WWEZHRx5inWlccDLhFMkFLSm-MqSfTmQ1DFspxt3X3hkZFcMZu5wj3D4gqzFi5auFx7FPsOmor-cs_E4aqCqE/s1600/A06CFC4C-0FC9-4B23-B46B-ADE1D5788103.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="699" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQcQ3SOXSBnwwaxP0duvB2D2t2QW0Q2W7iiA6VR_gNLTJ-txedoQG83UyXCjFZJbuMffVRr5kNmndC7Fg11z8RTZyAzlLHOMCBjRPTE8WWEZHRx5inWlccDLhFMkFLSm-MqSfTmQ1DFspxt3X3hkZFcMZu5wj3D4gqzFi5auFx7FPsOmor-cs_E4aqCqE/w475-h699/A06CFC4C-0FC9-4B23-B46B-ADE1D5788103.jpeg" width="475" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Pristine after the cleanup last Saturday</span><br /><p>This was all thanks to the efforts of Babette Gallard and Paul Chinn, who started the Cleanup last year, concentrating on the Braamfontein Spruit and its tributaries.</p><p>This year cleanup efforts were extended to Soweto to the north and Alexandra to the south and a whole lot of river space in between.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Q5wFtHKyzEJ_yLbAxv07EwNFqWfrslFMh4nW9UkMOOrSgY-ThQHylqzoEPTB0sUik0_TW21C2lWMxqMlHoStSVS-_bC8F37Eun03U-KyNrDfIEX7Gdo_ioqT1wBby2UNUSqLyK1LEPqrHLl5WCj4sOI48AHC8jpX7o-U4TRoYJ9eMKeqAoCEeZd_k8I/s682/4CC1AB3E-8F53-4C7D-8122-67E86CE7A233_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="552" height="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Q5wFtHKyzEJ_yLbAxv07EwNFqWfrslFMh4nW9UkMOOrSgY-ThQHylqzoEPTB0sUik0_TW21C2lWMxqMlHoStSVS-_bC8F37Eun03U-KyNrDfIEX7Gdo_ioqT1wBby2UNUSqLyK1LEPqrHLl5WCj4sOI48AHC8jpX7o-U4TRoYJ9eMKeqAoCEeZd_k8I/w464-h564/4CC1AB3E-8F53-4C7D-8122-67E86CE7A233_1_201_a.jpeg" width="464" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">President Mbali Zulu, Babette Gallard and Paul Chinn in Soweto</span><br /><p>Paul and Babette report that more than 100 organisations took part this year, with more than 2000 volunteers getting their hands dirty. They estimate that 25 tons of waste was removed from Johannesburg's streets, parks and rivers on the day.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsP9mo_AjMcMWbnz5tc7GwCEIOfgHK-L71OrwVc_ShBbdtR8m4EpRMX5-6RDO1Utjpn4yuDFhdtcTOoycC81MagJEOVP2HK-VCX3i0iH5A-ADmOFnQv6FZhQLRHl8gRWCN1MSXv_echqRGwACH9SZKJdb2iTAiB1s7y81zNoE1G_AcXSWNaSrYGqQ2Bjg/s1103/791BCBB5-D175-49BA-9D40-F83D83ACFD65_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="547" data-original-width="1103" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsP9mo_AjMcMWbnz5tc7GwCEIOfgHK-L71OrwVc_ShBbdtR8m4EpRMX5-6RDO1Utjpn4yuDFhdtcTOoycC81MagJEOVP2HK-VCX3i0iH5A-ADmOFnQv6FZhQLRHl8gRWCN1MSXv_echqRGwACH9SZKJdb2iTAiB1s7y81zNoE1G_AcXSWNaSrYGqQ2Bjg/w687-h303/791BCBB5-D175-49BA-9D40-F83D83ACFD65_1_201_a.jpeg" width="687" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">There was no shortage of volunteers to help pick up rubbish in Soweto</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyAkMOfP3mIaeFW5kOhnnPaNg3gI4Crtygq1AYTX-9pp0CCUsoiafB7D72UZ9InqV7xmDzLSu5vZi2xCY0d-Tg8CUXsFKTq5KR485-C4SVFd5U0qP-CKI2eAkfvq-tL9lIw66HKYj9R93z9LzGrQ34nVYk1DySzWAw-2pm4v29_5cDVcjgVctG1lXC1eE/s1398/E5F2FC1A-79EC-4705-B6E5-AEBBC92613D7_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1198" data-original-width="1398" height="485" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyAkMOfP3mIaeFW5kOhnnPaNg3gI4Crtygq1AYTX-9pp0CCUsoiafB7D72UZ9InqV7xmDzLSu5vZi2xCY0d-Tg8CUXsFKTq5KR485-C4SVFd5U0qP-CKI2eAkfvq-tL9lIw66HKYj9R93z9LzGrQ34nVYk1DySzWAw-2pm4v29_5cDVcjgVctG1lXC1eE/w697-h485/E5F2FC1A-79EC-4705-B6E5-AEBBC92613D7_1_201_a.jpeg" width="697" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;"> Pupils from Greenside High after their Cleanup session</span><p>The cleanup confirmed that community power can literally move mountains and transform trash-filled landscapes, says Babette.</p><p>"We must safeguard the natural environment and strengthen our city's response to the waste management problem. United with local communities, we believe we can make a meaningful difference, leave a legacy of hope, and sustain a cleaner future for generation to come," said President Mbali.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdLh49pveXRJUZA02fgtqjhDUb8NQgaSdni12OPvTyqT0tYF3xgpLpeeLG2zK6rhYSHWJafa3nuchcfGuwFjS-aS8ksO-Barh_WnHkspCnYP4RbuHPReJjaAnMl0ZLcPvZu-QQ57VDvDADCrPPH2WlWWt8-ZQpTKNRSiwiB74Yc3_zrTi8h1LyVj0oems/s1551/464578D8-C621-4358-BFD7-360667B9BE34_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1551" data-original-width="1260" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdLh49pveXRJUZA02fgtqjhDUb8NQgaSdni12OPvTyqT0tYF3xgpLpeeLG2zK6rhYSHWJafa3nuchcfGuwFjS-aS8ksO-Barh_WnHkspCnYP4RbuHPReJjaAnMl0ZLcPvZu-QQ57VDvDADCrPPH2WlWWt8-ZQpTKNRSiwiB74Yc3_zrTi8h1LyVj0oems/w489-h544/464578D8-C621-4358-BFD7-360667B9BE34_1_201_a.jpeg" width="489" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Brad Neille and one of his daughters, Suzy</span><div><p>One of the visitor volunteers at the Parkview Golf Club was Brad Neille, our speaker from last week and a resident off Parkview, where he is an estate agent.</p><p>Brad spoke to the club about his experiences as a Rotary exchange student in Brazil, a programme he had learnt about from a Brazilian boy who had joined them at St John's College in Johannesburg as a Rotary long-term exchange student in 1995.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1PPzXXO4CrUKJBilFoaxAF5GloE6s8ytd371GI19rTEjtUaGLE2IUzaSdvJwVW7Y7PkztT8SNlVHO9fLHmUoMhU77JZ0g5S0ffMi_5tg4HEMDEAN0datUHpsDITwXzAnjeqYr_C2m-jtl4quMkEKBdA5q2Vno8utQnXXc2Mz2nXstdJdTIX3Kmr07hoc/s3372/F3D3708A-97DB-4166-B74C-EA834E7F9CEF_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2602" data-original-width="3372" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1PPzXXO4CrUKJBilFoaxAF5GloE6s8ytd371GI19rTEjtUaGLE2IUzaSdvJwVW7Y7PkztT8SNlVHO9fLHmUoMhU77JZ0g5S0ffMi_5tg4HEMDEAN0datUHpsDITwXzAnjeqYr_C2m-jtl4quMkEKBdA5q2Vno8utQnXXc2Mz2nXstdJdTIX3Kmr07hoc/w494-h296/F3D3708A-97DB-4166-B74C-EA834E7F9CEF_1_201_a.heic" width="494" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Brad with Joan Sainsbury and Barbara Angove at the meeting</span><p>The following year Brad set off for Brazil to a world where nobody else around him spoke English and he could immerse himself in a new culture. He says he was the only "foreigner" in his first home village, about 4 hours south of Sau Paolo.</p><p>There he founded an Interact club, which is still going strong after 27 years.</p><p>While at the University of Pretoria he formed the Rotaract Club of Hatfield, in 2001 and said he'll be willing to talk to other Rotary clubs about forming and maintaining Interact and Rotaract clubs and about spreading the word about the value of exchange programmes.</p><p><b>Meeting:</b> The meeting tomorrow will feature feedback on Donate a Loo and on the World Cleanup Day.</p><p><b>A Thought for the Week: </b>If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. <b>- William Blake (1757 - 1827)</b></p><p><br /></p><br /><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><br /></p></div>Mike Vinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653867327615471017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709299653484820679.post-77541544599321775202023-09-08T11:06:00.001+02:002023-09-08T11:06:41.930+02:00The DG Came, Saw and Was Conquered<p>There's a new energy in Rotary of recent, District Governor Riana Pretorius of the Rotary Club of Pretoria Capital said in her address to the club during the weekly meeting of the Rotary Club of Johannesburg New Dawn held at the National School of the Arts in Braamfontein on Wednesday.</p><p>"I find such a good vibe at the moment. It's as if everybody is suddenly waking up after Covid."</p><p>"There's a new energy for projects, many in new directions such as tackling environmental issues, developing entrepreneurs and others."</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjnK119tj4JPu6OOe5irMgl3RA7PoM9eW-fAFG3Cw97lMD8LK5_NViPDH8I5vZQ2CqkVpgZRvOfI3FTdFIputB5v-Y8BjhC4IFTqJw83b0WM0Zc3hA77QiBx69vm7s5-H027r4a_bD0yb9vTDZ0FsNMmKBtU2PBGjpam4fevvthSQuGXpNuiKShAwBATg/s2976/IMG_1001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1680" data-original-width="2976" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjnK119tj4JPu6OOe5irMgl3RA7PoM9eW-fAFG3Cw97lMD8LK5_NViPDH8I5vZQ2CqkVpgZRvOfI3FTdFIputB5v-Y8BjhC4IFTqJw83b0WM0Zc3hA77QiBx69vm7s5-H027r4a_bD0yb9vTDZ0FsNMmKBtU2PBGjpam4fevvthSQuGXpNuiKShAwBATg/w643-h315/IMG_1001.JPG" width="643" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">DG Riana Pretorius addresses club members in the Beethoven music room at the NSA</span><br /><p>She emphasised the value of training in Rotary, the importance of paying your dues, of the Rotary Foundation and of sustainability in projects. With regard to sustainability she pleaded for the establishment of economic hubs in townships. "We meed to show that we can work together. Rotary can play a huge role here."</p><p>She said not enough members attend training sessions such as PETS (training for Presidents-elect and club officers), pointing out that ordinary members are also allowed to attend these as well as courses on global and district grants. Not enough people do the myriad online courses available on the My Rotary website either. Members should follow these and revisit them regularly, as the organisation changes every year.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu31PVLCkUITqgiz5BC74af5Zq5s8_76V4kkIdTmBb7U135STme-6608w-FLmC6LtR4J_VTpPdjZ1e6VYBUzAuvhaZgW5h3AAgY8h40VfQvjGnP7DWruDkqttoHI1zruF9y8wbEOHYhV8BPm-8FrBsqKEjl5tyiVN4AGKSbYr84FGWwxWa_lTO9xNLNOg/s3412/1B08EA86-C510-46E0-A1FF-912223ED043F_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2194" data-original-width="3412" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu31PVLCkUITqgiz5BC74af5Zq5s8_76V4kkIdTmBb7U135STme-6608w-FLmC6LtR4J_VTpPdjZ1e6VYBUzAuvhaZgW5h3AAgY8h40VfQvjGnP7DWruDkqttoHI1zruF9y8wbEOHYhV8BPm-8FrBsqKEjl5tyiVN4AGKSbYr84FGWwxWa_lTO9xNLNOg/w641-h331/1B08EA86-C510-46E0-A1FF-912223ED043F_1_201_a.heic" width="641" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">President Mbali Zulu, Weza Solange and Joan Sainsbury at the New Dawn plaque at the NSA music rooms</span><br /><p>After a stirring organ recital by an NSA pupil, the focus moved to the seedling farm run by Frolinah Malaza and Mpho Mphatse of Lemang Fresh Table, who explained to DG Riana what they're doing, how they're doing it (both seem to have become accomplished seedling farmers) and what their aims are going forward in terms of the sustainability of the project.</p><p>Frolinah, who also addressed New Dawn at the previous meeting at Parkview Golf Club, said then that they had increased production from 16 000 seedlings to 60 000 seedlings a month and explained that they accept orders for seedlings, plant the seeds and have them ready for delivery according to the orders.</p><p>They also sell surplus produce at markets and have been in a position to donate seedlings.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwFKodrmJEQNjN6v0KZ9tHhsNLWB5L192K7R1mgunPTZBU0Vx-wloWkthIkWFHLVS5Nhov-YEcJyHLfQLYAj6fpLTSSI2zRbc0Pp2BY-6Cs3Gnj9DPSnNsuNFfys6soBdxr9gBTjygbMnvQpKoIyytV68mn_3jnCTmkrYOH8FwC70OXX8p4ECSlXWpfXk/s848/93FBB4E9-A030-4931-918A-4A619DB758AC.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="848" data-original-width="848" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwFKodrmJEQNjN6v0KZ9tHhsNLWB5L192K7R1mgunPTZBU0Vx-wloWkthIkWFHLVS5Nhov-YEcJyHLfQLYAj6fpLTSSI2zRbc0Pp2BY-6Cs3Gnj9DPSnNsuNFfys6soBdxr9gBTjygbMnvQpKoIyytV68mn_3jnCTmkrYOH8FwC70OXX8p4ECSlXWpfXk/w495-h382/93FBB4E9-A030-4931-918A-4A619DB758AC.jpeg" width="495" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">DG Riana, PP Ian Widdop and Mpho Mphatse in the seedling tunnel</span><br /><p>Frolinah said their next step is to supply schools in the Braamfontein area close to the NSA with seedlings and advice on how to plant them and tend to them, to overcome the logistical problems of transporting the seedlings over long distances.</p><p>The two entrepreneurs agreed that they now need a proper business plan to map out the way forward and Glen Meyer has indicated that he's willing to help them do this.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNbSQtq8plE-JgSpw9SmyGK74pfgB5aDtLZOKuCvjTIYCYk7-Z734j1gdMQj4AfK9VEvNUm1HaI_17wFUTpMv2m10YJuBLJJMd0ijir5VweDuxcCI_AoYME0C2C9KbsR-luFPNnNxKOefTa9ekznjANyXHydfUKVAUUXTQQSAijLm0OF_ToT--ZuyUuS8/s3157/D7DFBF33-AED4-4E9C-8820-208A2A673883_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3157" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNbSQtq8plE-JgSpw9SmyGK74pfgB5aDtLZOKuCvjTIYCYk7-Z734j1gdMQj4AfK9VEvNUm1HaI_17wFUTpMv2m10YJuBLJJMd0ijir5VweDuxcCI_AoYME0C2C9KbsR-luFPNnNxKOefTa9ekznjANyXHydfUKVAUUXTQQSAijLm0OF_ToT--ZuyUuS8/w492-h398/D7DFBF33-AED4-4E9C-8820-208A2A673883_1_201_a.heic" width="492" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Glen Meyer, Frolinah Malaza and President Mbali with the moringa seeds</span><br /><p>Glen also handed over a whole sack full of moringa seeds, a so-called superfood rich in vitamins and antioxidants worth about R1600 that had been donated to Lemang Fresh Table, much to the delight of Frolinah. These seeds are apparently quite easy to grow and thrive even in poor soil,</p><p>Moringa trees grow all over the world and are found in most provinces in South Africa, most commonly in Limpopo and the seeds, leaves and bark have been used in traditional medicine for centuries.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLu57DRXm6NHvfonT1qhN7iMaWb60cdmusqcLKsABSL9A1RsUTQI-XNOhezlrmk0e7_qL9YRevz74IAno6iV_CHZnbF8LLXl1rV_HTuXGDAEH3SR7eilbUV5epIzKw9VaxOVMKoYodriQj97yezr9RGBc-rlfOu2ipjmEVenow6LIiBG2e61hiNOOGUH0/s2579/IMG_1081.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1434" data-original-width="2579" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLu57DRXm6NHvfonT1qhN7iMaWb60cdmusqcLKsABSL9A1RsUTQI-XNOhezlrmk0e7_qL9YRevz74IAno6iV_CHZnbF8LLXl1rV_HTuXGDAEH3SR7eilbUV5epIzKw9VaxOVMKoYodriQj97yezr9RGBc-rlfOu2ipjmEVenow6LIiBG2e61hiNOOGUH0/w625-h328/IMG_1081.JPG" width="625" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Frolinah, DG Riana, Mpho, district secretary Alice Meyer, and President Mbali</span><br /><p>The next stop on the way to the monthly board meeting, was at the Izwe Lethemka Day Centre in Soweto where Donate a Loo have installed toilets for the children and staff.</p><p>A bus full of New Dawners left the NSA bound for Lebo's Backpackers for the board meeting and visited the day care centre on the way there, where they were met by Helene Bramwell, fellow club member and founder of Donate a Loo, one of the beneficiaries of the Golf Day last month, and IPP Julian Nagy.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjb8R1jz-3CyVMxmZu9uxZoFRlp7KU1L52VjUDqvvkxmMO4gEyvK9vNMlf1FEaNE-ZZEkOVF6lz0ZhmgdyvnceRxGAUwXdXq32XYpMMKhnn05Sj9PukXCMw35-S9BY9Ai8YNPSH-dxTYWtpF6BrDiZiNnvvqncG4raCeDxl5u1AiWQAGqWv5jVoeQqRB8/s1885/IMG_1088.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1885" data-original-width="1307" height="555" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjb8R1jz-3CyVMxmZu9uxZoFRlp7KU1L52VjUDqvvkxmMO4gEyvK9vNMlf1FEaNE-ZZEkOVF6lz0ZhmgdyvnceRxGAUwXdXq32XYpMMKhnn05Sj9PukXCMw35-S9BY9Ai8YNPSH-dxTYWtpF6BrDiZiNnvvqncG4raCeDxl5u1AiWQAGqWv5jVoeQqRB8/w390-h555/IMG_1088.JPG" width="390" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Paul Kasango testing one of the new loos</span><p>This is a project close to the DG's heart as she has pledged to help 120 schools with decent ablution facilities in honour of Rotary International's 120th birthday in February next year.</p><p>The DG told the club that apart from support from our own district, D9400, many other Rotary bodies have become involved in this effort, amongst them D9370, the district that includes the Western Cape, the UK-Southern Africa Inter-Country Committee and Rotary International itself.</p><p>"How can you have dignity, whether you're male or female, if you have to 'go' in the veld," she said.</p><p><b>Fundraising: </b>With a number of late payments now in, the total income from the Golf Day has risen to R150 000, making it a new record. Well done, everyone!</p><p>If there's still anybody who doesn't know why we're so proud of our club, read through President Mbali's excellent Club Overview 2023 powerpoint presentation to the DG. It covers a lot of ground on our most important efforts and yet somehow only scratches the surface of all the myriad efforts big and small that New Dawners get involved in. It was emailed to all members.</p><p><b>A Thought for the Week: </b>Leap, and the net will appear. <b>- John Burroughs (1837 - 1921)</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Mike Vinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653867327615471017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709299653484820679.post-24333652409576743702023-08-28T17:40:00.001+02:002023-08-28T17:40:59.337+02:00And the Winner Is ... New Dawn<p>The big winner on Friday night wasn't the ecstatic golfer Koena Sesele with his wheelbarrow full of bottles of the good stuff. It wasn't even the Springboks who gave their traditional rivals the All Blacks a rare and thorough thrashing later that evening.</p><p>It also wasn't the Parkview Golf Club, even though they were superb hosts to an enthusiastic crowd of rowdy (but well behaved) golfers and New Dawners of the kind that they probably seldom see in their sometimes staid environment.</p><p>The big winner was of course The Rotary Club of Johannesburg New Dawn at our premier fundraising event of the year. That was to the tune of more than R125 000.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjopPYSSqEZplIKKkKOJEDIXcKncE7DRNb6HjCm49tfnbKXr5Dk0g9m0yZPsLbP2sTEv75QBaCSAyjaYmU-tDhhnPUMeQiRvKWS81H5MMZ3_MOAiIzK7NEsCogntdsgq9RzQuS5QefiDjHjzD3uBhRASuC5Enw-HBZ7OLVcmO7PV2xcJs09XpIsCC9M51w/s778/231AF992-AFCE-4C84-851B-C778E1B43542_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="778" data-original-width="615" height="545" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjopPYSSqEZplIKKkKOJEDIXcKncE7DRNb6HjCm49tfnbKXr5Dk0g9m0yZPsLbP2sTEv75QBaCSAyjaYmU-tDhhnPUMeQiRvKWS81H5MMZ3_MOAiIzK7NEsCogntdsgq9RzQuS5QefiDjHjzD3uBhRASuC5Enw-HBZ7OLVcmO7PV2xcJs09XpIsCC9M51w/w466-h545/231AF992-AFCE-4C84-851B-C778E1B43542_1_201_a.jpeg" width="466" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">A very happy Koena Sesele with his barrow of booze and President Mbali Zulu</span><br /><p>While all the money is not in yet, the gross amount to date is about R125 000, out of which the Parkview Golf Club still needs to be paid for green fees, halfway house meals and the curry buffet for dinner.</p><p>More than R25 000 of the takings are from the raffle for the barrow of booze. The take just for Friday was R11 400 and the rest came from pre-sales like Jeni Lobel's R1400 for her birthday lunch.</p><p>Included in the raffle amount for the barrow of booze was an extra R2100 for the raffle of a bottle of Johnny Walker Black donated by Barbara Angove for the closest score prediction for the rugby. Alas, there was no second prize because my score was the closest but for one of the golfers, Alexander Buchanan, who guessed even closer to the real runaway score of 35-7.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOgJebJJ5wKVfQpNEHxo_Y2dpcukdQuyuF8e7vImbBrA7jhRFVcrEUdkQRN67p6_mPsR7yyeEaW654qCIcmbTOyyflSAICGZw8OzJMYIu_ThJ1jnHveaQ4JxzGtOrRmu8Cvm-7uVrKa8S7ltHRv9IPxT2tU2DPmsTe05sPhrLYhlh0rq6-6sNh_XNjzX8/s966/ADA6B6BF-DFEE-48CE-8C90-DFD79CE54F5A_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="535" data-original-width="966" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOgJebJJ5wKVfQpNEHxo_Y2dpcukdQuyuF8e7vImbBrA7jhRFVcrEUdkQRN67p6_mPsR7yyeEaW654qCIcmbTOyyflSAICGZw8OzJMYIu_ThJ1jnHveaQ4JxzGtOrRmu8Cvm-7uVrKa8S7ltHRv9IPxT2tU2DPmsTe05sPhrLYhlh0rq6-6sNh_XNjzX8/w768-h378/ADA6B6BF-DFEE-48CE-8C90-DFD79CE54F5A_1_201_a.jpeg" width="768" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Mbali and some of the team after a hard day's work</span><br /><p>A big thank you to everybody who pitched in to help on Friday and all the sponsors of bottles for the wheelbarrow, of contributions to the fantastic prize table and of connections for the hole sponsorships.</p><p>As usual the planning for the next golf day started at the 19th hole on Friday and there promises to be some exciting new developments including an emphasis on getting many more hole sponsors.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwAawW4zAo9aEM5BcNh_ZpJ-Cdlgcq9R39fVc3Bt6Ypf3DHn-Zsd8Mx6-uK4UMF15UnR_Z4weswpOH8Pb48AileNJSzowlWMvVbtPrzrEbu3linc-5dVprYCVohc7fiszy0oL9PbtLZgU93pDGukAa7_OJnRQMF26eq677SMyjQ-Hl8p8vlD4KYkPSf7E/s948/2E2FA8D7-CB07-45D9-BAF0-4E39BDE9EA90_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="364" data-original-width="948" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwAawW4zAo9aEM5BcNh_ZpJ-Cdlgcq9R39fVc3Bt6Ypf3DHn-Zsd8Mx6-uK4UMF15UnR_Z4weswpOH8Pb48AileNJSzowlWMvVbtPrzrEbu3linc-5dVprYCVohc7fiszy0oL9PbtLZgU93pDGukAa7_OJnRQMF26eq677SMyjQ-Hl8p8vlD4KYkPSf7E/w689-h273/2E2FA8D7-CB07-45D9-BAF0-4E39BDE9EA90_1_201_a.jpeg" width="689" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Nazreen Benjamin and Natasha Sallie at the registration station with the New Dawn team</span><br /><p>A very big thanks too to Nazreen Benjamin and Natasha Sallie from Adele Dabbs's office for once again taking on the registration and creating sense out of the chaos created by Mike MacDonald and Linda Vink!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW1knL5evZB6P4Lmsmq1qP0Xejd9-vOAR5nGsY3XzFZaBvMxu_BQcl_GcIB0jbcfLyCPgJK1paS7axiU6isYjlvY2CKOG_61XnrJZFawJRcUdvWesGpoNRIEJGIu8wX_PRdE7885Oy1yu02tvsvnOEgabE4ZUt-HqPSiR4laj74-izBRHabvMfpaaIdRM/s793/25326106-2C95-4F6A-8222-65E2A7777B79_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="629" data-original-width="793" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW1knL5evZB6P4Lmsmq1qP0Xejd9-vOAR5nGsY3XzFZaBvMxu_BQcl_GcIB0jbcfLyCPgJK1paS7axiU6isYjlvY2CKOG_61XnrJZFawJRcUdvWesGpoNRIEJGIu8wX_PRdE7885Oy1yu02tvsvnOEgabE4ZUt-HqPSiR4laj74-izBRHabvMfpaaIdRM/w654-h395/25326106-2C95-4F6A-8222-65E2A7777B79_1_201_a.jpeg" width="654" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Amina Frense and the two Mikes (Vink and MacDonald) welcome Greg Smith and Debbie de Vries</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyFWGuQH21yikXcFANRmvqtWz7eseD2UPDN-fCmIUpttVQU0H9sI531Sm9mh-_usirDRUs-9X05h2VbuA6AVPmlH8Uq9_BNspMM42zOZ_jcNV7902YeW3sdb7NvgZtDZm0SijQn4l2ppMXb9LnHIo5ZMArIetvaAB0CDYT767fbvUtOuHhcVO5eJswMII/s1309/522ED88E-80D2-4069-A601-F47FD31C6AA4_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="856" data-original-width="1309" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyFWGuQH21yikXcFANRmvqtWz7eseD2UPDN-fCmIUpttVQU0H9sI531Sm9mh-_usirDRUs-9X05h2VbuA6AVPmlH8Uq9_BNspMM42zOZ_jcNV7902YeW3sdb7NvgZtDZm0SijQn4l2ppMXb9LnHIo5ZMArIetvaAB0CDYT767fbvUtOuHhcVO5eJswMII/w650-h333/522ED88E-80D2-4069-A601-F47FD31C6AA4_1_201_a.jpeg" width="650" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">A wee dram from a sponsor was just the thing for Amina Frense, Joan Sainsbury, Ivone Vosloo and Wendy Challis</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_eKoN17MUhSKXqEcLBhWf3Pi64roW5vbLvAs1aYMsM5wlrSEoGxp2Dtnd0fKF9pHD7XmHhM4Azpv_oq4sBNQipsoxvYCI4rkLyDXPNaR7jXtG5geozSN-Fvtm9NxpqDY3Sosk6QDu10VXRK_vIYtsbfU1qkprjmD9vHtQ7D2ZUlENkqRoVmMwaxsYebc/s4032/CC024F9C-8A21-44FD-AE03-EEF2760C1F77_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2781" height="541" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_eKoN17MUhSKXqEcLBhWf3Pi64roW5vbLvAs1aYMsM5wlrSEoGxp2Dtnd0fKF9pHD7XmHhM4Azpv_oq4sBNQipsoxvYCI4rkLyDXPNaR7jXtG5geozSN-Fvtm9NxpqDY3Sosk6QDu10VXRK_vIYtsbfU1qkprjmD9vHtQ7D2ZUlENkqRoVmMwaxsYebc/w420-h541/CC024F9C-8A21-44FD-AE03-EEF2760C1F77_1_201_a.heic" width="420" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Adele Dabbs with Peter Primich, both staunch supporters of Donate a Loo</span><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi_LSwX-U_16Tzp3idZhy_A5kzJWvlB7HRp0ox0vb-5fuJ2QI1T_utpM6lXV1_xen2kIC6kA_sZc3u9QRLW78U4bdieekpqAEIS7-pcwFkwZ0rWusekjf_e0bVlH54LlrcqGGEWKWjGtIUnnCAwai4h6rRLexsPl4IS9TNY-VNrvXOqKnph8fjOJ0zG1g/s1270/EC34BC5A-CEE8-466C-8DFD-E46C898C23F3_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1187" data-original-width="1270" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi_LSwX-U_16Tzp3idZhy_A5kzJWvlB7HRp0ox0vb-5fuJ2QI1T_utpM6lXV1_xen2kIC6kA_sZc3u9QRLW78U4bdieekpqAEIS7-pcwFkwZ0rWusekjf_e0bVlH54LlrcqGGEWKWjGtIUnnCAwai4h6rRLexsPl4IS9TNY-VNrvXOqKnph8fjOJ0zG1g/w418-h359/EC34BC5A-CEE8-466C-8DFD-E46C898C23F3_1_201_a.jpeg" width="418" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Nola Ostle was ever the stalwart at selling raffle tickets</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqTrCdxV-zPMPSvA10MntBdcnLqh00l8d2gFUteB4tVlveSB4UClBBp-0GUkl_r3dXYtJwLXIAWqKGWpl4fTroU-nRgki_rXA0W4gAbZNAFGsRQbhpmShrYTqdhiENkC5ncI3x7d0hpgcj-hhvIsLEov4uDjieGz0XZQ5sCaFMEySHPgZ5020Bm2qz2wI/s1024/0C5F5D3F-94E3-4DBB-9056-15A041859BEC_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="672" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqTrCdxV-zPMPSvA10MntBdcnLqh00l8d2gFUteB4tVlveSB4UClBBp-0GUkl_r3dXYtJwLXIAWqKGWpl4fTroU-nRgki_rXA0W4gAbZNAFGsRQbhpmShrYTqdhiENkC5ncI3x7d0hpgcj-hhvIsLEov4uDjieGz0XZQ5sCaFMEySHPgZ5020Bm2qz2wI/w425-h514/0C5F5D3F-94E3-4DBB-9056-15A041859BEC_1_201_a.jpeg" width="425" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Paul Chinn surprised himself by winning one of the golfing prizes</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNh1i370UNg7OnyfTqZ9ZYnJBS5AmhLgt_c-lGu7q6J8KzKcu-93OYheajbAtyHQ_Nx3VZMak2qZpqNcX9KPdzT8tW6SjA9eI6dBEdziL2hwVVTMLtqQN7xNpiSSyPhu00fXAAQNIwIsqCIC9mUIwYR-P2lH_SSAcDJ7uFpz5gof2s-fETlGaYkKwYAzo/s1599/49371C96-4467-4D99-A585-88CCE82D6260.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1123" data-original-width="1599" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNh1i370UNg7OnyfTqZ9ZYnJBS5AmhLgt_c-lGu7q6J8KzKcu-93OYheajbAtyHQ_Nx3VZMak2qZpqNcX9KPdzT8tW6SjA9eI6dBEdziL2hwVVTMLtqQN7xNpiSSyPhu00fXAAQNIwIsqCIC9mUIwYR-P2lH_SSAcDJ7uFpz5gof2s-fETlGaYkKwYAzo/w545-h326/49371C96-4467-4D99-A585-88CCE82D6260.jpeg" width="545" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Adele Dabbs, myself, Amina Frense, Julian Nagy and Linda Vink at the registration station</span><br /><p>This all means that we haven't done too badly compared with previous years.</p><p>In 2015 the income was about R40 000 of which the club kept almost R30 000, with the raffle contributing R10 000. This grew up to 2019, when the income was over R115 000, of which the club kept more than R75 000. The raffle takings were R33 000.</p><p>Then came Covid, with no golf in 2020, an iffy 2021 but a bounce back last year to earnings of more than R80 000 and a raffle contribution of R29 500.</p><p>With money in the bank already over R100 000, some 80 golfers in the field, an eye-catching wheelbarrow full of thirst-provoking tipples, a slap-up curry buffet for dinner and a golf club brimful of enthusiastic golfers, Golf Day 2023 can be pronounced a success. Bring on Golf Day 2024!</p><p><b>This week and next: </b>It's back to Rotary business this week when Frolinah Malaza and Mpho Mphatse from Lemang Fresh Table will be speaking to the club about their efforts at the National School of Art, part of the New Dawn seedling project.</p><p>We'll also be seeing them the following week at the NSA during the District Governor's visit to New Dawn, as that meeting will take place at the NSA before those who can, depart with the DG for a tour through Soweto. The details are all in the WhatsApp chat group if you can join.</p><p><b>A Thought for the Week: </b>Wanting to meet an author because you like his work is like wanting to meet a duck because you like paté. <b>- Margaret Atwood (1939 -)</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Mike Vinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653867327615471017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709299653484820679.post-48064045769136873932023-08-19T16:01:00.000+02:002023-08-19T16:01:26.361+02:00A Victor, Not a Victim<p>She was born underprivileged in Ventersdorp in what was then the Western Transvaal (these days Northwest Province and Eugene Terre'Blanche territory) in a one-roomed house. In this world there was no-one to look up to, no mentors, Mpho Mogotsi told the club at the meeting on Wednesday.</p><p>Mpho, who is in charge of the youth portfolio in the new New Dawn board, was talking on the theme of challenges to a woman's dreams for Women's Month.</p><p>"For met to go back to my rural roots and giving back, is a no-brainer," she said.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLQpySHxYke6v5XMGCanYA4KLW7Lu4oYyrajocksaONUoSb8eBz4ycKP9ezbSbox9qOpTIU0n-LXBO34SwIjh1b7z0h4RKmnPLcMDMKtrrIFyhB1ps5dh1MvNiSxhnrJfMAz4kyLRygq-rQ78ikKjHdQK8HGJBXuROnVkkxxnx122ftowPVG3Dvm32P0U/s3866/9FB8BE7F-13C4-47C4-96EB-A1CC66DC21D5_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3866" data-original-width="2596" height="655" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLQpySHxYke6v5XMGCanYA4KLW7Lu4oYyrajocksaONUoSb8eBz4ycKP9ezbSbox9qOpTIU0n-LXBO34SwIjh1b7z0h4RKmnPLcMDMKtrrIFyhB1ps5dh1MvNiSxhnrJfMAz4kyLRygq-rQ78ikKjHdQK8HGJBXuROnVkkxxnx122ftowPVG3Dvm32P0U/w511-h655/9FB8BE7F-13C4-47C4-96EB-A1CC66DC21D5_1_201_a.heic" width="511" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Mpho Mogotsi, former Mrs Universe Africa</span><br /><p>"My mother made sure I kept my dreams alive. She made it her mission in life that we'd re-educated." She said her mother had improved her own lot to the point where she could work as a secretary and her father was a teacher.</p><p>"They spent everything, all their money, for me to spend 5 years at Potchefstroom Girls High. When I went off to school for the week, I knew there was no food in the house."</p><p>I was the poorest child at Potch. In Matric I designed my own dress for the Matric dance. I had new shoes and looked at myself in the mirror and my dreams were validated.</p><p>"I knew then I was not a victim but had tasted victory."</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTRGidNN39tCqR54jd59eJx73JYSoZyIoC7Cfbxstm3Zzh1lKjKYP-NKwNTSz823gvqgOB0NMqccJte9VnzWLIabnzx1HWLxV1RUxIqHx-5J_HeY-9JKAdjtKRfvvO6Mr1JBfQlOQOO8ms0mP8RX-F7IQaIPKM9v5VH1fv3Q2J-yvkIQHdWSET-aNUApk/s3364/B89D6BE3-86AB-4115-93FE-FA613AE5DBE3_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3364" data-original-width="2156" height="741" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTRGidNN39tCqR54jd59eJx73JYSoZyIoC7Cfbxstm3Zzh1lKjKYP-NKwNTSz823gvqgOB0NMqccJte9VnzWLIabnzx1HWLxV1RUxIqHx-5J_HeY-9JKAdjtKRfvvO6Mr1JBfQlOQOO8ms0mP8RX-F7IQaIPKM9v5VH1fv3Q2J-yvkIQHdWSET-aNUApk/w531-h741/B89D6BE3-86AB-4115-93FE-FA613AE5DBE3_1_201_a.heic" width="531" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Mpho being congratulated by President Mbali Zulu after her talk</span><div><br /></div><div>After school she moved to Johannesburg where she met a boy and got married, but he was abusive, "physically, mentally and financially."</div><div><br /></div><div>She eventually left him as she was afraid for herself and her son, who is now 16 years old. She wrote a book, <i>Awakening to Truth</i> about her experiences and the lessons she has learnt. In it she describes herself as an entrepreneur, life coach, energy healer, visionary, author, gender-based violence activist, humanitarian and philanthropist. She can add TV presenter to that list, as she presents the show <i>Come Alive with Mpho Mogotsi </i>on Soweto TV on Channel 251 on DStv.</div><div><br /></div><div>She remarried and has three children aged 31 (her husband's son), 16 and 4. After university she was an investment banker for 21 years.</div><div>She had tried out for Miss South Africa and then Mrs South Africa, until becoming Mrs Universe Africa offered her the opportunity to represent her country.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsJWUdbCENoKtIDOJSUWGv_8ANbFK6Wl4BJ16reQxttmC4iOggC9baCsnxyGMXyRvmJHRjXlfAenrNkWE0v-t5nHA7G_Xm31JpgQ6USqnnx43Tp3H9q0UJ7-DVZgv1TvbSo6_Ne03AYf3B_Xy4ngQVXJLc96xCHYFSjgAvS2DHKWSbLpmRZlfpXJMs5ts/s3544/869CA89D-F9E8-4898-88F1-E3D94583A456_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2326" data-original-width="3544" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsJWUdbCENoKtIDOJSUWGv_8ANbFK6Wl4BJ16reQxttmC4iOggC9baCsnxyGMXyRvmJHRjXlfAenrNkWE0v-t5nHA7G_Xm31JpgQ6USqnnx43Tp3H9q0UJ7-DVZgv1TvbSo6_Ne03AYf3B_Xy4ngQVXJLc96xCHYFSjgAvS2DHKWSbLpmRZlfpXJMs5ts/w646-h364/869CA89D-F9E8-4898-88F1-E3D94583A456_1_201_a.heic" width="646" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;"> Mpho with Nyami Khanyile, Babette Gallard, Ian Widdop, Joan Sainsbury, President Mbali and Paul Chinn</span><br /><div><br /></div><div>"Often as women we go through a lot, but we are victors. We have permission to shine. Be fearless, be unapologetic for who you are.</div><div><br /></div><div>"I want to be the person who intervenes when I see social evils."</div><div><br /></div><div>Mpho says she was the first one in her family to get a degree, to be on TV, and to write a book and loves the fact that when she goes back to Ventersdorp (she goes often to visit her parents) she can be a role model and mentor to young people in what is still an impoverished area.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgCyEN_jypNqjYyilhDQEfv7QyulmUk4AKeMhL5SjzTPaV7yDheEHtawQzNHZw0OFrpLUV8zhYXI3UPXjENsr4rn-X44w-o_8DZ20qZFysoSrWAWjV2NsGv-l-VJuqHLAt7W-ETMWkDfaN2rkvusB-XNxA8oJwpAVBUdElKkgr353I_Ao_M3v3SoaIxfE/s1024/855DC224-2587-4C61-A482-528E922E2BA2_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="401" data-original-width="1024" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgCyEN_jypNqjYyilhDQEfv7QyulmUk4AKeMhL5SjzTPaV7yDheEHtawQzNHZw0OFrpLUV8zhYXI3UPXjENsr4rn-X44w-o_8DZ20qZFysoSrWAWjV2NsGv-l-VJuqHLAt7W-ETMWkDfaN2rkvusB-XNxA8oJwpAVBUdElKkgr353I_Ao_M3v3SoaIxfE/w652-h195/855DC224-2587-4C61-A482-528E922E2BA2_1_201_a.jpeg" width="652" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Glen Ross, President of RC Brits-Hartbeespoort, DG Riana Pretorius, John Wesson and PDG Jankees Sligcher</span><div><br /></div><div>Last weekend a number of Rotarians attended the official opening by PDG Jankees Sligcher of a new lookout hide at the vulture restaurant in the Magaliesberg near the Hartbeespoort Dam. The container for the new hide was donated by Pas Reform Southern Africa, represented by PDG Jankees and Judy Sligcher and their son, Adriaen.</div><div><br /></div><div>The hide, near the old hide where PDGA Judy Sligcher had her induction before the Covid years, features one-way glass and special hatches for photographers to put their lenses through.</div><div><br /></div><div>New Dawn members, President Mbali Zulu, Julian Nagy and Linda Vink, also attended a big strategy session of The Link, one of the main New Dawn projects for which the club obtained a Rotary Foundation Global Grant a few years ago. The Link has had to change focus to some extent and adapt to the changing world brought about by the virus and the lockdowns that went with it, but seem to be going full steam ahead.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Dates to Diarise: </b>The meeting this coming week is a club assemble and also the last opportunity to bring contributions for the Golf Day next Friday. These include selling raffle tickets, contributing to the Barrow of Booze and donating items to be included in the hampers for prize-winning golfers.</div><div><br /></div><div>A shining example of quick thinking was given by fellow club member Jeni Lobel, who contributed R1400 to the raffle, for instance, by asking friends and family to buy tickets rather than a birthday present for her.</div><div><br /></div><div>DG Riana Pretorius will be visiting the club on <b>6 September </b>a meeting where a good turnout will put the club in a good light.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>A Thought for the Week: </b>If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror. - <b>Francois Rabelais (1484 - 1553)</b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Mike Vinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653867327615471017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709299653484820679.post-11114703043478969232023-08-03T18:09:00.000+02:002023-08-03T18:09:08.577+02:00The Parkview Fairways Await<p>With 28 four balls showing interest, and in most cases much more than just a little interest, there could easily be more than 100 golfers teeing off on the Rotary Club of Johannesburg New Dawn Golf Day to be held at the Parkview Golf Club on Friday, 25 August.</p><p>Mike MacDonald, the main organiser, says invoices for some R50 000 to R60 000 have already been sent out.</p><p>That doesn't mean that the work is done, though. Although a number of holes have been "sold" to sponsors, many more are still available at R5000 per hole, so if you have friends, family or contacts in the corporate world, you'll be doing the club a huge favour by persuading them to come join in the fun.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNnJWmLCy6EG8q_o2JrKlGMQ1q1vXMVJ6G5_kt_BSsyUdbH5JV0W4GoO9fxN7A1jRgRXGEXAKRDoQA9jra1M9Y2VI_9mm8gcsyGGGwZFiBa21h8AgNt3AdkLUtf3zfPERE8iJicov5teUBt1D5bWuJco8IRqgcl__90Zhi-bAZRDHqEqaLyLZ_oTuZN9g/s820/5D34FD9E-6023-4DFD-BAE8-941A820427FF_4_5005_c.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="308" data-original-width="820" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNnJWmLCy6EG8q_o2JrKlGMQ1q1vXMVJ6G5_kt_BSsyUdbH5JV0W4GoO9fxN7A1jRgRXGEXAKRDoQA9jra1M9Y2VI_9mm8gcsyGGGwZFiBa21h8AgNt3AdkLUtf3zfPERE8iJicov5teUBt1D5bWuJco8IRqgcl__90Zhi-bAZRDHqEqaLyLZ_oTuZN9g/w656-h204/5D34FD9E-6023-4DFD-BAE8-941A820427FF_4_5005_c.jpeg" width="656" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">The fairways await ... the Parkview Golf Club, home of the New Dawn Golf Day 0n 25 August</span><p>The golf day is traditionally New Dawn's biggest single fundraising event of the year and without these funds the club cannot function properly.</p><p>Along with the raffle, the sponsorships make up the most of the profit to the club as there are considerable costs involved in terms of green fees, halfway house meals and the prize giving dinner.</p><p>The raffle has already netted about R5000, so please get selling. Forms are available from Linda Vink and the first prize is the traditional wheelbarrow full of wine, beer, spirits and other drinks. The Barrow of Booze has always been a very popular prize.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdP4FMSGoOLdLmKyxo25p3MyRxvyjo_VUfsns6TW_4QfP9vFlzKE5pRVLkOxzwZ4L2KUhfLqTNF2mnTqivpVaaOAn-BDngE0iJqCpbecOeAEd-VmaiJYE0Bq9HH0ykQ3mQBGHESbKMp5cKG7PnZeWVbWbnlTr427DyNa0nP3ucL0Hg7b57zVYfMWCN1dw/s647/F918D880-FD69-4398-A987-F7FCF10721DF.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="647" data-original-width="361" height="577" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdP4FMSGoOLdLmKyxo25p3MyRxvyjo_VUfsns6TW_4QfP9vFlzKE5pRVLkOxzwZ4L2KUhfLqTNF2mnTqivpVaaOAn-BDngE0iJqCpbecOeAEd-VmaiJYE0Bq9HH0ykQ3mQBGHESbKMp5cKG7PnZeWVbWbnlTr427DyNa0nP3ucL0Hg7b57zVYfMWCN1dw/w364-h577/F918D880-FD69-4398-A987-F7FCF10721DF.jpeg" width="364" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Greg Smith and Mike MacDonald, co-founders of the golf day</span><p>Members can also contribute by bringing bottles for the wheelbarrow or contributing towards the prizes that the golfers take home. Speak to Linda Vink, Adele Dabbs or Mike MacDonald if you have ideas on how we can maximise our efforts before the big day.</p><p>Carol Stier will once again sponsor the main prize(s) - one for each of the players in a four-ball. Members have until he meeting on Wednesday, 23 August to bring contributions to the club.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhM6mD3jfLh17DFx13AjUwRFSJeco3rRU5MGnSnbJKCdzhr4SO5x3G7cO-IaNwNGPQ4uJPJHxsyq8-jWAFcJfGK4Wwu8WxM4irkDPHM9jf3Vd5pxopfl-iG63MD03pw8XWqJkIAYidMUW3iBui_I2jxLtzqo3046PEByUu8UUrjrC9sVJcrPj4J6wvD_k/s539/18A0AF0A-3EBA-4350-A013-EC8696835CFC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="539" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhM6mD3jfLh17DFx13AjUwRFSJeco3rRU5MGnSnbJKCdzhr4SO5x3G7cO-IaNwNGPQ4uJPJHxsyq8-jWAFcJfGK4Wwu8WxM4irkDPHM9jf3Vd5pxopfl-iG63MD03pw8XWqJkIAYidMUW3iBui_I2jxLtzqo3046PEByUu8UUrjrC9sVJcrPj4J6wvD_k/w483-h360/18A0AF0A-3EBA-4350-A013-EC8696835CFC.jpeg" width="483" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Babette Gallard and Paul Chinn at the Cleanup Day at Delta Park last year</span><p>World Cleanup Day on 16 September is also looking to be a record breaking effort for New Dawn under the leadership of Babette Gallard and Paul Chinn.</p><p>Paul reported that more than 60 organisations are now on board and that both Soweto and Alexandra will be full participants in 2023.</p><p>What started as the All Spruits Cleanup Day has now moved way beyond the Braamfontein Spruit (although that is still very much part of the mix) and is set to become a major South African participant in World Cleanup Day.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7wrSQNdpEH0Q1AtAglHH59cmRXVKOdV_jAo846X1V7fWVeV4SDozZNQFVrWBM_3bWFTM9vkXXtXaHhV-8csLc-v9KGpkpxtqwM8ScrSl4kAiyJ4Qlegy2CA-rrZXTCugypDUJyZ9tSGVsbei7u9Qz30Hey3skGEEOQ55CvewKJzuSRZGtAdkab2pgQJY/s837/558960F7-2DE3-41EC-90EB-C46ED9BAB068_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="837" height="415" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7wrSQNdpEH0Q1AtAglHH59cmRXVKOdV_jAo846X1V7fWVeV4SDozZNQFVrWBM_3bWFTM9vkXXtXaHhV-8csLc-v9KGpkpxtqwM8ScrSl4kAiyJ4Qlegy2CA-rrZXTCugypDUJyZ9tSGVsbei7u9Qz30Hey3skGEEOQ55CvewKJzuSRZGtAdkab2pgQJY/w570-h415/558960F7-2DE3-41EC-90EB-C46ED9BAB068_1_201_a.jpeg" width="570" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Joan Sainsbury with Glen Meyer and Weza Solange (now in charge of social media) at the meeting</span><p>President Mbali Zulu announced that six Soweto wards and their councillors had signed up already and that the cleanup day there will be rounded off by a Party with a Purpose on the Saturday evening to reward the participants. It will be held at Lebo's Backpackers, once a dump site itself.</p><p>President Mbali said each of the wards would involve at least one school to try to raise awareness for the benefits of a clean environment.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht4sWqJeFJooHQOQ_vUwhqMQCMgNL0Dofl95bxm27kkdwWVxkNQ-Pp-jCTGGYaMB5-GbcMYiefzSjn6UcjuFx-5aGv6qTGT8hgbMXcAYETObF9q5Vs-2com_N3i5yhWr6GJ5VT_Ay_v1SnUT8DJe6-PTgvO_N87FcF26KlHA6wnEo1c910zir_sda3eRE/s3512/BE596778-C05D-4B26-A32B-A987D88C73B3_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2764" data-original-width="3512" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht4sWqJeFJooHQOQ_vUwhqMQCMgNL0Dofl95bxm27kkdwWVxkNQ-Pp-jCTGGYaMB5-GbcMYiefzSjn6UcjuFx-5aGv6qTGT8hgbMXcAYETObF9q5Vs-2com_N3i5yhWr6GJ5VT_Ay_v1SnUT8DJe6-PTgvO_N87FcF26KlHA6wnEo1c910zir_sda3eRE/w490-h324/BE596778-C05D-4B26-A32B-A987D88C73B3_1_201_a.heic" width="490" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">President Mbali Zulu, Adele Dabbs and IPP Julian Nagy</span><br /><p>The meeting was also the first opportunity to hand over her Paul Harris Society certificate and pin to Adele Dabbs, first announced at Mbali Zulu's inauguration in Soweto at the end of June.</p><p>In thanking the club for the honour, Adele said: "I don't like the limelight unless I'm arguing or fighting!"</p><p>IPP Julian Nagy emphasised her work with the Donate a Loo project and the painting and renovation of music rooms at the National School of Art in Braamfontein as an unprecedented contribution.</p><p><b>Next Week: </b>There will be no meeting next Wednesday, as<b> </b>9 August is National Women's Day.</p><p><b>A Thought for the Week: </b>I have never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from other men. There is not much harm in a lion. He has no ideals, no religion, no politics, no chivalry, no gentility; in short, no reason for destroying anything that he does not want to eat. <b>- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><br /></p>Mike Vinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653867327615471017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709299653484820679.post-24064117408411081972023-07-13T17:20:00.000+02:002023-07-13T17:20:06.477+02:00Sleeping in Soweto<p>What started as a dream slowly became one of the most successful Soweto businesses in the tourism industry, even though there was never any formal business plan for their development, Maria, now owner of Lebo's Backpackers in Soweto, told the club this week.</p><p>Maria was married to Lebo Malepa, founder of the thriving Lebo's Backpackers, who passed away nearly two years ago. They have two sons.</p><p>Maria told the club that she, like her late husband, sees the business as a catalyst for community development, utilising tourism as a vehicle for changing perceptions about the sprawling city within a city.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkAgNrfYsdKK54zgwujZBx1Mw1ylV8V_I8FoSedMJAsX2rIsFo1Y9P9ePVtrG8PIBfpvcHh0hkL_09PCliw6doVlfgdwCD-mCOCi2KpYmQGyp55iNumccBsyQqngYzm0rb11BvdYCOSldDndfM0vng6ha9wMXdn7mpQiL8o7eOBYuzQI1JATeSftD3KxI/s774/3946B706-4D61-4DF0-A80C-4C4914029E33_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="464" height="601" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkAgNrfYsdKK54zgwujZBx1Mw1ylV8V_I8FoSedMJAsX2rIsFo1Y9P9ePVtrG8PIBfpvcHh0hkL_09PCliw6doVlfgdwCD-mCOCi2KpYmQGyp55iNumccBsyQqngYzm0rb11BvdYCOSldDndfM0vng6ha9wMXdn7mpQiL8o7eOBYuzQI1JATeSftD3KxI/w369-h601/3946B706-4D61-4DF0-A80C-4C4914029E33_1_201_a.jpeg" width="369" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Maria Malepa, Swedish by birth, Sowetan by choice</span><br /><p>"Lebo never set down a business model on paper, yet the business has grown organically since it was founded in 2005. I moved here from Sweden in 2007,"</p><p>She recalled how Lebo had started by selling arts and crafts at tourist spots in Soweto. He then used his grandparents' home, where he grew up to set up the backpackers aimed at younger budget conscious travellers.</p><p>"Now we cater for everybody," she said.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrqUMkZH71qHR9nOEu32j3CidbWb8Ccl9sdFJQisG1Z-9gIZwT04T33DkDSG1we5pHUViuiyW7hn8YKlIVV3OK_sfmYbGtdYoACp-samsnQ11dcENmhxHGcgD3nVZY8ILgkoSphrEphdKG1Wr5l7mLtIx-aWnMxwHTt7sBryyPW0mTlE2Gm9fLNUG_hoo/s804/671F31A7-62A8-4A9A-AC31-6C62533254BE_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="655" data-original-width="804" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrqUMkZH71qHR9nOEu32j3CidbWb8Ccl9sdFJQisG1Z-9gIZwT04T33DkDSG1we5pHUViuiyW7hn8YKlIVV3OK_sfmYbGtdYoACp-samsnQ11dcENmhxHGcgD3nVZY8ILgkoSphrEphdKG1Wr5l7mLtIx-aWnMxwHTt7sBryyPW0mTlE2Gm9fLNUG_hoo/w561-h384/671F31A7-62A8-4A9A-AC31-6C62533254BE_1_201_a.jpeg" width="561" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Babette Gallard, President Mbali Zulu and Karlien Kruger with Maria</span><p></p><p>Lebo's now offers Soweto cycle tours, tuk-tuk tours and walking tours to visitors. Overnight stays include more traditional bed & breakfast offerings for couples and others, as well as a new camping site with wooden chalets up on a hill close by.</p><p>There is also a restaurant serving basic, traditional food where a variety of events is hosted, amongst others monthly storytelling sessions, typically by locals who have lived through Soweto's colourful history and markets.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBsSsU6chjBmjzBMDa12G-IIJ4C4Q3iaPBw2tG9F9HF8Zrs9ju4ZY43pigKSMNdgGVLM_zxd2FXglyzJt1ZlLr40RV3cyMv72LZUtHqM7-DYuHTSuHWb9-WMwIKSQQVsJpF9IoGUdL5SgYsX02F_qo_xKnwLDVbMPr6bZHwdRaivRRuo1dvZVT-3Xmffk/s687/62DE8D19-7FEA-4634-85D0-E2F2FCFE536C_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="616" height="491" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBsSsU6chjBmjzBMDa12G-IIJ4C4Q3iaPBw2tG9F9HF8Zrs9ju4ZY43pigKSMNdgGVLM_zxd2FXglyzJt1ZlLr40RV3cyMv72LZUtHqM7-DYuHTSuHWb9-WMwIKSQQVsJpF9IoGUdL5SgYsX02F_qo_xKnwLDVbMPr6bZHwdRaivRRuo1dvZVT-3Xmffk/w507-h491/62DE8D19-7FEA-4634-85D0-E2F2FCFE536C_1_201_a.jpeg" width="507" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Emilio Kiyeya and Numsa Mazwai were surprise visitors</span> <p>"We call what we're doing responsible tourism. Your stay guarantees that you give back to the community. We want to become a hub for other small businesses to flourish."</p><p>Already Maria and her team farm their laundry out to locals and use the spas shops in the area for basics.</p><p>"Once people have visited, they become brand ambassadors for us," Maria said.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixEyrXqQFT7PrnqXI8F3YV9ruOqy-sTkc-IldbcU03YWc4tL0uBmfyIrLHVwAGJUOP61xJtSDDlIEe1ciPa7lCvZj3vCYVBdT9NCwmeaKHGZMu-5XazwLpIyF68oaADKYvzNkw6gHysJIpWeM1mkQ3AP68JtTOtma7uvCqp4I-FIKH7F9Y4LUPnQbbqqE/s768/DF604A3A-EE09-4BF4-85BA-26DFCF686714_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="748" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixEyrXqQFT7PrnqXI8F3YV9ruOqy-sTkc-IldbcU03YWc4tL0uBmfyIrLHVwAGJUOP61xJtSDDlIEe1ciPa7lCvZj3vCYVBdT9NCwmeaKHGZMu-5XazwLpIyF68oaADKYvzNkw6gHysJIpWeM1mkQ3AP68JtTOtma7uvCqp4I-FIKH7F9Y4LUPnQbbqqE/w493-h396/DF604A3A-EE09-4BF4-85BA-26DFCF686714_1_201_a.jpeg" width="493" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Tshepo Ramutumbu with Wendy Challis</span><br /><p>Emilio Kiyeya, who was on the verge of becoming a New Dawn member in the pre-Covid years, was a welcome visitor to the club. He told how business prospects and jobs had taken him to the mines in the Congo and also to Uganda, Spain and Canada. He's been back in the country for two weeks now.</p><p>There were also reports back on the <b>Golf Day (25 August 2023)</b> which still needs a lot of effort and contributions from club members. Each member should try to sell at least one raffle sheet and bring along a few bottles of booze for the traditional Barrow of Booze.</p><p>You can also contribute by inviting your golfing friends to come and join us, by organising prizes (in sets of four) for the golfers and by getting hole sponsors.</p><p><b>A Thought for the Week: </b>If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.<b> - Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900 - 1944)</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></p>Mike Vinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653867327615471017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709299653484820679.post-51985922664951872112023-07-10T17:09:00.001+02:002023-07-10T17:17:40.593+02:00A New President for a New Dawn<p>It was a case of in with the new and on with the existing when President Mbali Zulu presided over his first meeting of the Rotary Club of Johannesburg New Dawn last week.</p><p>In accepting the nomination, Mbali becomes the youngest president of New Dawn since the club was officially established in January 2009. Our founder, Don Lindsay, will be proud of this progressive step.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT-uN310YdRl1djZOFe0_7BDDLeTdEA2cDhINP1RzZiWnEr_rchsiFWOWTchF-Jk54LXoBI1qioZ5IxI5WTy_qCKt1-jQ18IHJVXnWi149bDBY85Qxj1hVCYrphy_Kx-y5a60i9ufAiJdUXJJlCoQCg7qP0xVA7VXRWyuigMM5fQc4esgySoLK3jrv-C0/s529/528F56B2-B4EB-419F-BBAE-3CC2D25B1F60_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="529" data-original-width="513" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT-uN310YdRl1djZOFe0_7BDDLeTdEA2cDhINP1RzZiWnEr_rchsiFWOWTchF-Jk54LXoBI1qioZ5IxI5WTy_qCKt1-jQ18IHJVXnWi149bDBY85Qxj1hVCYrphy_Kx-y5a60i9ufAiJdUXJJlCoQCg7qP0xVA7VXRWyuigMM5fQc4esgySoLK3jrv-C0/w500-h466/528F56B2-B4EB-419F-BBAE-3CC2D25B1F60_1_201_a.jpeg" width="500" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">President Mbali Zulu takes the reins</span> <br /><p>In his first address to the club, President Mbali confirmed that Donate a Loo, the Spruit Cleanup Day and the Seedling Farm remain three of the most important ongoing projects for the club.</p><p>He also announced his new board and the names of people responsible for specific areas of focus.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ZTMj1WoHJ7A2EAaC8HI-Ei8nF74xhYhyWhT87JD5uFunhwxN2vwIthkfQZwA3J0jdhrmx2emdS-8ZQto3K31FBxW9AgUKdvkirqSC9YoM7KH0TSBI1gAjbQ4dp4e1siD3Dg1KtB-i34hJKIcftlMGyY3Yerg2csGUu7rgwwBTku6FNKBinurUS2lNHM/s785/BF55D05D-4AF6-436C-964E-48ED5A19DB7F_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="559" data-original-width="785" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ZTMj1WoHJ7A2EAaC8HI-Ei8nF74xhYhyWhT87JD5uFunhwxN2vwIthkfQZwA3J0jdhrmx2emdS-8ZQto3K31FBxW9AgUKdvkirqSC9YoM7KH0TSBI1gAjbQ4dp4e1siD3Dg1KtB-i34hJKIcftlMGyY3Yerg2csGUu7rgwwBTku6FNKBinurUS2lNHM/w628-h384/BF55D05D-4AF6-436C-964E-48ED5A19DB7F_1_201_a.jpeg" width="628" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">President Mbali with members of his new team</span><br /><p>The new board consists of: Mbali himself, Julian Nagy (Immediate Past President); Karlien Kruger (Treasurer), Babette Gallard (Secretary); Ian Widdop (Rotary Foundation); Joan Sainsbury (Membership); Linda Vink (Fundraising); Weza Solange (Public Image); Mpho Mogotsi (Youth Services); and Gavin Atkins (Club Projects).</p><p>Members responsible for specific areas of focus are: Babette Gallard and Paul Chinn (Environment); Rianna Edwards(Community Development); Paul Channon (Basic Education); Helene Bramwell (Water and Sanitation); Lucille Blumberg (Disease prevention); Amina Frense (Peace Building); and Ivone Vosloo (Fellowship).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6lAest_m4ib8GK8mU3F0MkNcgXJqD14dNkLy2PQfIMWIRO6iK95PqkaY6n8dOQzmBdxa_iioKAQdSiT8WTR4AqI_pVofaK_lXPDDvjjinEHgJGUhkt1ICG7rX0Uvv3JvTo38XMO2vpRFOCJ-Ph3RcvmVqFaw-FTpHO8LacTtCI4DomhyyFjyeEqp3wu4/s797/4FEFD8BA-2ACA-4379-8493-104C27D91017_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="797" data-original-width="496" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6lAest_m4ib8GK8mU3F0MkNcgXJqD14dNkLy2PQfIMWIRO6iK95PqkaY6n8dOQzmBdxa_iioKAQdSiT8WTR4AqI_pVofaK_lXPDDvjjinEHgJGUhkt1ICG7rX0Uvv3JvTo38XMO2vpRFOCJ-Ph3RcvmVqFaw-FTpHO8LacTtCI4DomhyyFjyeEqp3wu4/w355-h506/4FEFD8BA-2ACA-4379-8493-104C27D91017_1_201_a.jpeg" width="355" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Paul Chinn and Babette Gallard</span><br /><p>Later in the meeting Paul Chinn and Babette Gallard gave a video presentation on their trip taking two "retired" race horses from France to South Africa and their adventures along the way.</p><p>The meeting was also an opportunity to give a progress report on the upcoming Golf Day on <b>25 August</b> at Parkview Golf Club.</p><p>There's still a lot of work to be done and contributions to be made, so please contribute wherever you can to the most important fundraising effort of the club for the year.</p><p>The ambitious aim is to raise R100 000, which will only be possible if everybody helps to land a long drive, chips in and sinks the putts.</p><p><i>(Thanks again to Graham Donet for doing the blog in my absence)</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUuoZYZgjSSb9NaI1EiuMpUkFIaf6s9q0Ii6RYO--spzPW23h-uOSjH37jrz0Ca9sh5-C5EE6cbTaLgdhzGSL4rXuP04LyuoZoLBoClYDR8E3YBGoHVNDgVBTzBP3G1W2Hkv9XeVWeOCk18aCEIzSinlW3mx2CYcClxiNgy3neOeS7fiN94E8qZL_C4ts/s541/E5BBCCD4-C93E-4A4B-A798-4E94329A77C5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="541" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUuoZYZgjSSb9NaI1EiuMpUkFIaf6s9q0Ii6RYO--spzPW23h-uOSjH37jrz0Ca9sh5-C5EE6cbTaLgdhzGSL4rXuP04LyuoZoLBoClYDR8E3YBGoHVNDgVBTzBP3G1W2Hkv9XeVWeOCk18aCEIzSinlW3mx2CYcClxiNgy3neOeS7fiN94E8qZL_C4ts/w500-h296/E5BBCCD4-C93E-4A4B-A798-4E94329A77C5.jpeg" width="500" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Lebo's Backpackers in Soweto</span><p><b>This week: </b>Maria from Lebo's Soweto Backpackers is the speaker on Wednesday. A number of us met her when we had a short tour there on our way to Mbali's Induction as President.</p><p><b>A Thought for the Week: </b>Silver linings rise out of the most challenging circumstances.<b> - Jennifer Jones, Past RI President</b></p><p><br /></p>Mike Vinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653867327615471017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709299653484820679.post-37062242867860663952023-07-03T13:51:00.000+02:002023-07-03T13:51:13.565+02:00In Pursuit of Viruses<p>Infectious diseases will always be with us, was the message that Prof Lucille Blumberg, a highly respected infectious diseases specialist and New Dawn member, gave to the club at the meeting last week.</p><p>Prof Lucille has been travelling extensively over the past few months and reported back on a variety of infectious diseases from all over the world based on her experiences with the World Health Organisation.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRdK1Xip6LVj9Nh4NUERiSqL-lxMyulZzmhXBHobd8_FR9igqaMvhjx_hxdC_HFDtmGj3MwOjVQQNziZuNn_guN0OFXXtUbq059QAI_xTnwXzwcPmK5w0QczQmJqPQQt2yGLEYKQSg1qldH337P6oDkKHLVgKE97sJCzMmt47pr9mtdT0jqrwc9HAqEUk/s817/3641FA2E-73DB-43E4-8347-7470FC9FA591_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="817" data-original-width="617" height="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRdK1Xip6LVj9Nh4NUERiSqL-lxMyulZzmhXBHobd8_FR9igqaMvhjx_hxdC_HFDtmGj3MwOjVQQNziZuNn_guN0OFXXtUbq059QAI_xTnwXzwcPmK5w0QczQmJqPQQt2yGLEYKQSg1qldH337P6oDkKHLVgKE97sJCzMmt47pr9mtdT0jqrwc9HAqEUk/w429-h568/3641FA2E-73DB-43E4-8347-7470FC9FA591_1_201_a.jpeg" width="429" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">President Julian Nagy, Lucille Blumberg and PDG Jankees Sligcher</span> <br /><p><b>Covid-19:</b> Covid has receded from public prominence with little or no vaccinations taking place anymore, but is still very much with us, said Prof Blumberg, even though the pandemic is coming to an end.</p><p>If you suspect you might have Cold, it is still advisable to report it to your doctor, she said. </p><p><b>Influenza: </b>There's a lot of flu around after the enforced isolation of the Covid lockdown years, but it should reach a natural end by September.</p><p><b>Mumps: </b>The recent outbreak of mumps in eight South African provinces is being monitored carefully.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW46Fd6RZ8zQLXOZF9t71pc40vxDau_pkyryAEC_uKXCqzUbMEWYIgmo19DS-Za_D9VP0q3iOBWWoXUFdS2oEQq1ECyuLwzD_OAW6y4yhZUU9PTpYNc8Dz3DFPO_tjgA61CtbTYK5fKniTRhsnIJ1bvQl8Bwpq2dUhh36EYUXEw2rU3H4tCWn3CbVIWu8/s811/F1A45AC8-AABF-4C07-B7CE-2316B967744B_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="811" data-original-width="653" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW46Fd6RZ8zQLXOZF9t71pc40vxDau_pkyryAEC_uKXCqzUbMEWYIgmo19DS-Za_D9VP0q3iOBWWoXUFdS2oEQq1ECyuLwzD_OAW6y4yhZUU9PTpYNc8Dz3DFPO_tjgA61CtbTYK5fKniTRhsnIJ1bvQl8Bwpq2dUhh36EYUXEw2rU3H4tCWn3CbVIWu8/w400-h444/F1A45AC8-AABF-4C07-B7CE-2316B967744B_1_201_a.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Julian Nagy was thanked by Judy Sligcher for his year as president</span><p><b>Cholera: </b>This originated in Malawi and there have been a number of cases reported, especially in Hammanskraal north of Pretoria. Outbreaks highlight deficiencies in the sanitation system, which are unacceptable. There are hotspots in the rest of the world.</p><p><b>Malaria: </b>Quite a lot has been done and is being done to reduce the number of malaria cases.</p><p><b>Polio: </b>We are in the endgame as far as polio is concerned. The last two countries affected are Afghanistan and Pakistan, mainly due to the difficulty in getting vaccines to often almost unreachable outposts.</p><p>Generally speaking all eyes at the moment are on flu and Avian Influenza.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifK1hEgXwCNldc-0K-xynz7DO5FLwXwCCoSrLTQ3fQd1EZWEmHEpijmALAD9bhhiihkm1SqAdVJidMKhZZQqE9q89o08iI6-v6JgISgsMzJxKFXU_ivrKTPrzZmcVPs70L_NzxHyUGcf6Rg7Tdnw-72HyKPTnY0ysmFJS62tT5g6EXYqi38fOvNG_leWU/s522/797A7F17-0B1D-446B-A9A5-072A8B037817_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="395" height="535" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifK1hEgXwCNldc-0K-xynz7DO5FLwXwCCoSrLTQ3fQd1EZWEmHEpijmALAD9bhhiihkm1SqAdVJidMKhZZQqE9q89o08iI6-v6JgISgsMzJxKFXU_ivrKTPrzZmcVPs70L_NzxHyUGcf6Rg7Tdnw-72HyKPTnY0ysmFJS62tT5g6EXYqi38fOvNG_leWU/w394-h535/797A7F17-0B1D-446B-A9A5-072A8B037817_1_201_a.jpeg" width="394" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Judy Sligcher hands over a gift to Joan Donet on behalf of the club</span><br /><p>Judy Sligcher in her capacity as AG thanked president Julian Nagy for all his efforts in the past Rotary year and presented a gift to him on behalf of the club. A gift was also presented to Executive Secretary Joan Donet for her work during the year.</p><p>As reported last week, Karlien Kruger received her certificate and pin for becoming a Paul Harris Fellow, bestowed upon her by the club in general and Judy and Jankees Sligcher in particular. This was for her work with Copessa and her contributions to the club in her field of human resources.</p><p>In his final meeting as president, Julian Nagy reported that the incoming District Governor, DG Riana Pretorius has stated a goal to build 120 toilets to celebrate Rotary's 120th birthday and has appealed to all clubs in the district to support the initiative.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZxDmKyNXnjMorMkSGIB04QMhm42FHtzUJpd-zlPIJbhYksWDetRfzBzqJlUahpW_638gUr5R7zO3NmugxzHniaj_FZKAmZAhsWJkcZMkgQqZ14GvOAxQpjzrhVTwPjbM5OF1PRmaN2LBLJN6rkroKbfCVY9c0yHuksLb4NqFg2mlZ3yNToWl76jawPJI/s774/A8DD392B-B8CE-4293-8597-C7DC26502A57_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="390" height="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZxDmKyNXnjMorMkSGIB04QMhm42FHtzUJpd-zlPIJbhYksWDetRfzBzqJlUahpW_638gUr5R7zO3NmugxzHniaj_FZKAmZAhsWJkcZMkgQqZ14GvOAxQpjzrhVTwPjbM5OF1PRmaN2LBLJN6rkroKbfCVY9c0yHuksLb4NqFg2mlZ3yNToWl76jawPJI/w298-h542/A8DD392B-B8CE-4293-8597-C7DC26502A57_1_201_a.jpeg" width="298" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">President Mbali Zulu</span><br /><p><b>This week: </b>Wednesday sees Mbali Zulu's first official meeting as president of the Rotary Club of Johannesburg New Dawn. He'll be announcing his board for the coming year.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Roy1quOxQzM80yZOy5GX3NX1Dv_Xk89NHqqo9EdWFh1OqErX55qrVnyMuRkPyJojbINtqa6SyhF-KQr1AqtPZTqs5ucKdBp06w_1VaBKkvEvITKqmbTqETDWP2CK8BjNCNsapsb07Wj64kJASE8Ah80JMPtKSOTOEZyOJDBVioRMLV-K-SzQdBa_EV0/s682/C95E0F63-2990-4FDD-92E2-7491E70135B5_4_5005_c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="321" data-original-width="682" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Roy1quOxQzM80yZOy5GX3NX1Dv_Xk89NHqqo9EdWFh1OqErX55qrVnyMuRkPyJojbINtqa6SyhF-KQr1AqtPZTqs5ucKdBp06w_1VaBKkvEvITKqmbTqETDWP2CK8BjNCNsapsb07Wj64kJASE8Ah80JMPtKSOTOEZyOJDBVioRMLV-K-SzQdBa_EV0/w665-h270/C95E0F63-2990-4FDD-92E2-7491E70135B5_4_5005_c.jpeg" width="665" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Linda Vink, the three Pauls (Channon, Chinn and Kasango, Judy and Jankees Sligcher and Sarah de La Pasture</span><br /><p>On Saturday a group of New Dawn members spent the morning at the Johannesburg Zoo with patients at the Woodside Sanctuary championed by Paul Kasango. By all accounts the visit was a great success and a welcome outing for the Woodsiders and staff. Transport was arranged by our own motor man, Mike MacDonald, and supplied by Halfway Toyota.</p><p><b>A Thought for the Week: </b>The foundation on which Rotary is built is friendship; on no less a firm foundation could it have stood. <b>- Paul Harris (1868 - 1947)</b></p><p><b><i>Thanks to Graham Donet for doing the blog in my absence.</i></b></p><p><b><i><br /></i></b></p><p><br /></p><br /><p><br /></p><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Mike Vinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653867327615471017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709299653484820679.post-90952921318824418692023-06-25T17:58:00.000+02:002023-06-25T17:58:49.559+02:00On a Journey to Rotary Leadership<p>His Rotary Journey started in 2002 with Interact at the Northview High School in Highlands North, although Mbali Zulu confesses that it was mainly for the opportunity to join his fellow club members at the annual camp.</p><p>"Little did I know that this 'strategic' decision would profoundly impact my life."</p><p>The camp turned out to be one of the best eye-opening experiences he's ever had, Mbali told the club when accepting the presidency at his induction as the Rotary Club of Johannesburg New Dawn's president for 2023 - 2024.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO7kYWbvLLcD87-8833mhhqBlSIbtMbc0fXtEPTaTwSbXgzz3FfB3tSxL6tMw1zVUVfz0aWDRtCdolrtRYZakjAYbX8n3lJLsfg9wCZ68N0zVq7kUHE-CagqJPD5BY7EllMDYlYP1mrjgDhyU3-oIon-zTXbOSjsW5Tf5skoTS-AaZ8Ffust_UHEbzAwY/s810/59CCE5AD-0DDA-41F3-93C6-465768BCD245_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="810" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO7kYWbvLLcD87-8833mhhqBlSIbtMbc0fXtEPTaTwSbXgzz3FfB3tSxL6tMw1zVUVfz0aWDRtCdolrtRYZakjAYbX8n3lJLsfg9wCZ68N0zVq7kUHE-CagqJPD5BY7EllMDYlYP1mrjgDhyU3-oIon-zTXbOSjsW5Tf5skoTS-AaZ8Ffust_UHEbzAwY/w667-h352/59CCE5AD-0DDA-41F3-93C6-465768BCD245_1_201_a.jpeg" width="667" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">IPP Julian Nagy pins the Presidential pin onto Mbali Zulu's shirt after his induction</span><br /><p>After that Interact camp he was nominated as president for the following two years, but after high school lost touch with Rotary until his friend and fellow New Dawner, Tshepo Ramatungu, told him that he'd been invited to attend Rotary Leadership Institute training by Joan Sainsbury and also asked to bring a friend along.</p><p>At Interact, he says, Rotary "became the place where my sense of responsibility towards the community flourished.</p><p>"The values of service, integrity and fellowship shaped my worldview and fuelled my desire to make a positive difference in the lives of others," he said in his induction speech at Vuyo's Restaurant in Vilakazi Street in Soweto on Saturday.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh83HmRpXnjYe6U6b1fQHBfSXNw1QlLJ4UWK3nWVh-xKA21mC8myN67--s_ra_nViJh9fV3M0N3uwTO-OqfIqgH0386Oopz_sjO7RIw1_VuSTNBa7iG_MPTGx-Vw3pssMwystREJx48mlEATaN4RmTCMmPFMzf7JHfJawtLNG9COfIE2aegV8qCr63oZxY/s494/89EFE0D3-B4E5-46CB-BCEC-1D75B827714B_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="494" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh83HmRpXnjYe6U6b1fQHBfSXNw1QlLJ4UWK3nWVh-xKA21mC8myN67--s_ra_nViJh9fV3M0N3uwTO-OqfIqgH0386Oopz_sjO7RIw1_VuSTNBa7iG_MPTGx-Vw3pssMwystREJx48mlEATaN4RmTCMmPFMzf7JHfJawtLNG9COfIE2aegV8qCr63oZxY/w573-h416/89EFE0D3-B4E5-46CB-BCEC-1D75B827714B_1_201_a.jpeg" width="573" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Assistant Governor and Past President Judy Sligcher presiding over the induction</span><p>When he heard the name Rotary during the conversation about the RLI training, "I got excited. It felt like the universe was orchestrating a grand symphony, connecting the dots that I had been waiting to align. In that moment I realised it was an opportunity to reengage with an organisation that had left an indelible mark on my life.</p><p>"And so, with that simple invitation, I found myself once again immersed in the world of Rotary. I was embraced by a vibrant and diverse community of -minded individuals who shared a passion for service, community and social impact."</p><p>"Today as I assume the role of President, I am grateful for the journey that led me back here. I am filled with renewed dedication."</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNwRZ_e7GYcl87Fpr1ZTj3zDfphUSZrYniyT0ffYtsUbZW3ebSkVF_M9nBH43ZB3F37Phy0vBpXT6CWuIfNoXvBtuB6_6oulT4oZZw9wmVXxvVr5GuSgdYPRtkXo8jdFwa6z8GGS3LymE/s844/DD0AC952-9D43-4314-B2A8-4314D4D5C3DF_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="844" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNwRZ_e7GYcl87Fpr1ZTj3zDfphUSZrYniyT0ffYtsUbZW3ebSkVF_M9nBH43ZB3F37Phy0vBpXT6CWuIfNoXvBtuB6_6oulT4oZZw9wmVXxvVr5GuSgdYPRtkXo8jdFwa6z8GGS3LymE/w661-h412/DD0AC952-9D43-4314-B2A8-4314D4D5C3DF_1_201_a.jpeg" width="661" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Linda Vink, Sarah de La Pasture, Joan Sainsbury, Barbara Angove, Helene Bramwell and Ivone Vosloo at the bus</span> <br /><p>In true New Dawn style it was a unique induction at a unique location with unique arrangements that somehow all worked out extremely well. We boarded a luxury bus bound for Vilakazi Street, that iconic Soweto location made famous by having two Nobel Prize winners in Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela as residents.</p><p>The first stop was at Lebo's Soweto Backpackers for a quick introduction and tour around everything this unique project offers, from Soweto stays for everyone from backpackers to private rooms, walking tours, cycling tours, tuk-tuk tours to a vibey outdoor restaurant.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi84hQxgPAo0b5mr7ahiiQVyY6LsdcZ9vCmlWQc4jWzk51gXMamma3FbpPts2tbzQWAcULWEm7uTR7bVzPzK7UkRHy6RlH1XCGekgCVfsoC9QlusNOBGkjlVegg6Wg3xZfJn36Cmbw9MCsl_mNijb4iz9l6kKpzXLPx5Pnj5erix-UZh9JrXIrotmQZXk0/s898/38D89056-1228-4B43-9F50-98B92EA90CB9_4_5005_c.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="230" data-original-width="898" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi84hQxgPAo0b5mr7ahiiQVyY6LsdcZ9vCmlWQc4jWzk51gXMamma3FbpPts2tbzQWAcULWEm7uTR7bVzPzK7UkRHy6RlH1XCGekgCVfsoC9QlusNOBGkjlVegg6Wg3xZfJn36Cmbw9MCsl_mNijb4iz9l6kKpzXLPx5Pnj5erix-UZh9JrXIrotmQZXk0/w645-h163/38D89056-1228-4B43-9F50-98B92EA90CB9_4_5005_c.jpeg" width="645" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Settling in for the ride of a lifetime</span><p>The New Dawners reached Vilakazi Street in time for a very decent lunch and the induction ceremony, far removed from the traditional formal Rotary dinners in bowties and formal dresses of yesteryear. Many kudos must go to the Fellowship Committee under the guidance of Ivone Vosloo for a fantastic event.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPucWQEDf0XdPAqNPbtaAwGCWLvwrobOv5-KzKVmXOpctbXNRtByEaDyJcvrYZFTts6EM-h_jyWT1v8s6eTvY_tDPeE3FdsH4Ku9PTnWvRv8ElmLSBoFh2YgNDP7osYyShROsAKhGnQLkg-cYdNQsD6MNOL3ANBXMaLQ4MGvHclffW5w-R5qmgGKBzfnQ/s732/7ED45D65-E0C8-4A69-BA65-C5A7947894E6_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="732" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPucWQEDf0XdPAqNPbtaAwGCWLvwrobOv5-KzKVmXOpctbXNRtByEaDyJcvrYZFTts6EM-h_jyWT1v8s6eTvY_tDPeE3FdsH4Ku9PTnWvRv8ElmLSBoFh2YgNDP7osYyShROsAKhGnQLkg-cYdNQsD6MNOL3ANBXMaLQ4MGvHclffW5w-R5qmgGKBzfnQ/w520-h389/7ED45D65-E0C8-4A69-BA65-C5A7947894E6_1_201_a.jpeg" width="520" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">A welcoming dance in the street in front of the Vuyos Restaurant</span><p>And in other good news ... the induction was followed by the announcement that, thanks to Jankees Sligcher and Carol Stier for donating their points, the club had inducted seven members into the Paul Harris Society.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLKwbVBXTthGQSUboTcfJCp7zbLVBZ3iIAmkTd5Xo_FOH42IraVAVr1G5mWFvcFOJ5TnxNEALX9LJ4VoRd7z70QN4zZpUqYAQZopabWUJdoC4s1kEO4EgejgpSEx4A49PE6aZAxnummlV0eevUVFgk0Zj8__Ysp7KKeu9ExRpDDj3WCD4V7MDOAM69kNs/s1079/553658B6-7ABD-4CCA-89EF-B8AE83E43B35_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="789" data-original-width="1079" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLKwbVBXTthGQSUboTcfJCp7zbLVBZ3iIAmkTd5Xo_FOH42IraVAVr1G5mWFvcFOJ5TnxNEALX9LJ4VoRd7z70QN4zZpUqYAQZopabWUJdoC4s1kEO4EgejgpSEx4A49PE6aZAxnummlV0eevUVFgk0Zj8__Ysp7KKeu9ExRpDDj3WCD4V7MDOAM69kNs/w657-h390/553658B6-7ABD-4CCA-89EF-B8AE83E43B35_1_201_a.jpeg" width="657" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Paul Harris recipients Paul Chinn and Paul Channon with President Mbali, Tshepo Ramutunga and Julian Nagy</span><br /><p>The new crop of Paul Harris Fellows are, in alphabetic order, Gavin Atkins, Paul Channon, Paul Chinn, Adele Dabbs, Babette Gallard, Karlien Kruger and our new president, Mbali Zulu.</p><p>All except Adele, who is overseas with her son and grandchildren and Karlien, in the Kruger Park with her grandchildren, were present, The above two will receive their certificates and pins when they're back, joining an elite group of Rotarians worldwide. Congratulations to all of them.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitTH5OwkfcJSoyyExqPJLdwvNuCBYMXcMUtdHTAf-YWArrk9bWHgI-7x2PKCYrFHrE9JXFldfn8qKCnm87Oqa0ZU96YFPOBx-3331Uuw3tabm3AJGqeFbqz-N6PpexMT9vYF6-hkXPoRVKM3voEhB2LkdUIs_X-6_8KFdH3vpbgi3alEmyBBrTRFsDcq4/s734/2613A30B-0048-4495-B9E5-391358FAC815_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="734" height="489" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitTH5OwkfcJSoyyExqPJLdwvNuCBYMXcMUtdHTAf-YWArrk9bWHgI-7x2PKCYrFHrE9JXFldfn8qKCnm87Oqa0ZU96YFPOBx-3331Uuw3tabm3AJGqeFbqz-N6PpexMT9vYF6-hkXPoRVKM3voEhB2LkdUIs_X-6_8KFdH3vpbgi3alEmyBBrTRFsDcq4/w513-h489/2613A30B-0048-4495-B9E5-391358FAC815_1_201_a.jpeg" width="513" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Tshepo Ramutunga and Lucille Blumberg looking sharp</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Gf6vBrIpCliwWAIfMoYC0D7C2BLSfXwJosgcW-p4w-V7jLdwmR8LTaa1-AwT6N8MGmxi_1Jqm3qquQy00PCNiIRTZhdmKliSlDuOoAC4FnXDCWsRIW8O_2exEIXdOvuST_bIiNaC5fE44uMJpQmjyGDzdqFrwSFNnCf1H3DcWfE3ZPnM8OlckQzPm_Q/s934/A227537B-C430-499C-99C0-363D6AC9E309_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="934" data-original-width="768" height="437" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Gf6vBrIpCliwWAIfMoYC0D7C2BLSfXwJosgcW-p4w-V7jLdwmR8LTaa1-AwT6N8MGmxi_1Jqm3qquQy00PCNiIRTZhdmKliSlDuOoAC4FnXDCWsRIW8O_2exEIXdOvuST_bIiNaC5fE44uMJpQmjyGDzdqFrwSFNnCf1H3DcWfE3ZPnM8OlckQzPm_Q/w393-h437/A227537B-C430-499C-99C0-363D6AC9E309_1_201_a.jpeg" width="393" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Gavin Atkins with his Paul Harris certificate and pin</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWdZmuTIFjnV4GtSySN--X_AUyiWvPt8xnImXZFdj1YEYHCqUvg891aJJff_tt7bQdvuLeUJwF70qzMj0YxNarOGSbE_TT7Rx5i6G38czFur_ixhfxD6-P7iQ7UGpyktuPoDHh3DjhcxxFg9ZL39_3jYuBnUXKruwPhEQewx28DzJyf1dMHTGvKSvrinI/s659/A5F65D61-F197-436C-9911-19588F14F635_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="396" data-original-width="659" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWdZmuTIFjnV4GtSySN--X_AUyiWvPt8xnImXZFdj1YEYHCqUvg891aJJff_tt7bQdvuLeUJwF70qzMj0YxNarOGSbE_TT7Rx5i6G38czFur_ixhfxD6-P7iQ7UGpyktuPoDHh3DjhcxxFg9ZL39_3jYuBnUXKruwPhEQewx28DzJyf1dMHTGvKSvrinI/w506-h277/A5F65D61-F197-436C-9911-19588F14F635_1_201_a.jpeg" width="506" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">PDG Jankees Sligcher, President Mbali Zulu and President Julian Nagy</span><br /><p><b>Next week: </b>Lucille Blumberg will be speaking about her recent travels and experiences at the meeting next week, the last meeting of the current Rotary year.</p><p><b>A Thought for the Week: </b>If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully. - <b>Thomas Fuller (ca. 1710 - 1790)</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Mike Vinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653867327615471017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709299653484820679.post-4135882059367067312023-06-20T13:23:00.000+02:002023-06-20T13:23:07.481+02:00In a Horse Box Through Africa<p>He'd always dreamed of driving a horse box through Africa, so earlier this year George Purbrick did just that.</p><p>George's only qualifications were that he works for a global defence company that does business in many parts of Africa. And he's passionate about horses.</p><p>In March this year he and his wife, Dushanka (horses were involved at their wedding a few years ago) and their baby son took off from Surrey in the United Kingdom with their destination Gauteng.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5wNN50JR-Eni6qe7WFzNmF0IxvJXVhEzPbvtpXJIq3ZNo24epAENmeNepMHgeQwNmT-mFNy2efTCrc6JeDQS8gU2MborOojcaIcJ0r75qT97PUD_eCewv_lQRJEcd42rOUrWCJ-_iwAaBRK4YweSg5IC5BR18k8DMM14kExiAT2gJrp5_Ss-qkMz_PBg/s678/8468C247-87E4-459D-B923-C6E2E7A94A00_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="678" data-original-width="518" height="602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5wNN50JR-Eni6qe7WFzNmF0IxvJXVhEzPbvtpXJIq3ZNo24epAENmeNepMHgeQwNmT-mFNy2efTCrc6JeDQS8gU2MborOojcaIcJ0r75qT97PUD_eCewv_lQRJEcd42rOUrWCJ-_iwAaBRK4YweSg5IC5BR18k8DMM14kExiAT2gJrp5_Ss-qkMz_PBg/w494-h602/8468C247-87E4-459D-B923-C6E2E7A94A00_1_201_a.jpeg" width="494" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">George Purbrick with President Julian Nagy after his talk</span><br /><p>It took him 3 weeks to find the horse box on eBay, says George. It was advertised for £6000 and he decided to buy it sight unseen, even though it was 25 years old and could go at a maximum of 60 km/h.</p><p>George took his family with as far as Casablanca in Morocco, from where he travelled alone to Dakar in Senegal after crossing the Western Sahara desert.</p><p>From there he shipped the horse box to Walvis Bay in Namibia and drove the last stretch to Johannesburg.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ-2kWyB_lPXNXvEnFK8S1NjUKsDJ2d537TMvSXgLh4GYRyOaC6USCmarooOSHqKcIpXs0xTpvdW4c5TCT_gZYxplSrrR9v5viYZM_8CZPdBH53-7cHmN06YRne138l3QMsYQNajruZCUdlQ_dnu0qIDwHDKIxPODWche15WX8mVtrzMkAB06qqF4zHjY/s1208/369AD01D-7941-477B-AA00-542F3DDD23E5_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1208" data-original-width="814" height="397" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ-2kWyB_lPXNXvEnFK8S1NjUKsDJ2d537TMvSXgLh4GYRyOaC6USCmarooOSHqKcIpXs0xTpvdW4c5TCT_gZYxplSrrR9v5viYZM_8CZPdBH53-7cHmN06YRne138l3QMsYQNajruZCUdlQ_dnu0qIDwHDKIxPODWche15WX8mVtrzMkAB06qqF4zHjY/w286-h397/369AD01D-7941-477B-AA00-542F3DDD23E5_1_201_a.heic" width="286" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">The travelling horse box</span><p>Their route took them through central France, across the Pyrenees and into Spain. They slept mostly in the lorry, but every third or fourth night stayed in local Bed & Breakfasts for a shower and a proper bed.</p><p>They visited Granada and other spots before heading for Gibraltar for the Gibraltar Straits, the shortest (and busiest in terms of sea traffic) crossing to Africa, landing in Morocco and heading for Casablanca.</p><p>Once on his own, George only had 8 - 10 days to get to Dakar in time for his sea journey down the West Coast of Africa. He told the club he drove 11 - 12 hours a day and slept along the side of the road. Once in the Western Saharan desert, however, he soon learnt to drive by night because of the intense heat.</p><p>His journey through the desert coincided with Ramadan, which meant the road was completely deserted, but where he did meet people, they were always very friendly and helpful.</p><p>He made it to Dakar via Mauritania in time to load the horse box onto a ship and head for home.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM9gMCQqRnRLnYKyvB3MpR_r_ETnGTmQnDGmu6e4LQgae6Aor7HFg8RQc5kk5bhiHcA6Adtjkc3Yv3AhgxmWSrZT4XWZz1Isu9zrb7tqa1GTwWgopuULsJ6J1C5qq-Bx526AefjpgWoO9l-tdySn2Dn0K0pMPDKyRkmMlHoHncnRLsWfsGNy61pVh3-UI/s543/05242CD5-F928-4D16-994D-9D26EF43958A_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="506" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM9gMCQqRnRLnYKyvB3MpR_r_ETnGTmQnDGmu6e4LQgae6Aor7HFg8RQc5kk5bhiHcA6Adtjkc3Yv3AhgxmWSrZT4XWZz1Isu9zrb7tqa1GTwWgopuULsJ6J1C5qq-Bx526AefjpgWoO9l-tdySn2Dn0K0pMPDKyRkmMlHoHncnRLsWfsGNy61pVh3-UI/w446-h492/05242CD5-F928-4D16-994D-9D26EF43958A_1_201_a.jpeg" width="446" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Karlien Kruger announcing that she's available to be president in 2024/2025</span><br /><p><b>Announcement: </b>At the meeting President Julian Nagy announced that Karlien Kruger has agreed to take on the presidency after Mbali Zulu's term ends in June 2024.</p><p>Karlien said she decided to take on the presidency after discussions with Mbali.</p><p>This good news will help to restore the proper succession process for the role of president with the president, immediate past president and president-elect working in tandem to ensure a smooth transition at the end of every Rotary year, and in that way gain continuity.</p><p>If any other candidates are put forward, there will of course be a vote, but this has never happened at New Dawn before.</p><p><b>Tomorrow:</b> The meeting tomorrow will be used to listen to video recordings of keynote speeches at the Rotary International Conference in Melbourne last month, most notably that of the outgoing president, the Canadian Jennifer Jones and incoming RI president Gordon McInally.</p><p>Final arrangements for Mbali's induction in Soweto on Saturday will be discussed as well as arrangements for the annual Golf Day in August, so try to be there.</p><p><b>A Thought for the Week: </b>A child is a fire to be lit, not a vase to be filled. - <b>Francois Rabelais (1483/1494 - 1553)</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Mike Vinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653867327615471017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709299653484820679.post-54608401247868429182023-06-14T08:13:00.001+02:002023-06-20T10:37:38.418+02:00An African Journey<p>There is a huge gap between how South Africans see themselves and how Africa sees South Africa was the farewell message from Christoph Plate to the club at his last Rotary meeting in South Africa.</p><p>Christoph and his family are leaving South Africa after six years as Media Director for the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. His next posting is Sofia in Bulgaria, where he will be responsible for 10 Eastern European countries and where he will be joining a new Rotary club.</p><p>Christoph is a journalist by training and experience and spent many years covering Africa for publications all over the world. The 1994 genocide in Rwanda left the biggest mark in his career "while my colleagues who were based in South Africa were being swept away in a Mandela and RainbowNation euphoria - and understandably so."</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs-UG74RlFvDlq8NDHLJQpQiwOZvwfE9LttUdjQ-EHU0TDh8wJXmZa2xgT9XL9BiVOXKx9pDVPmC7kJReo2q2ucwf2_YFuOmlq4NfCaIo2TG4lMCxbYVVENn4Kua5b_4MInWibTQk0-ONU4EXKpqWcNcgBHNUlfCr4kA4EkWEukl7J56x62BbkehD8/s912/1D76BEE6-F059-47FF-8FA6-7900AF5B7A3D_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="912" height="409" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs-UG74RlFvDlq8NDHLJQpQiwOZvwfE9LttUdjQ-EHU0TDh8wJXmZa2xgT9XL9BiVOXKx9pDVPmC7kJReo2q2ucwf2_YFuOmlq4NfCaIo2TG4lMCxbYVVENn4Kua5b_4MInWibTQk0-ONU4EXKpqWcNcgBHNUlfCr4kA4EkWEukl7J56x62BbkehD8/w646-h409/1D76BEE6-F059-47FF-8FA6-7900AF5B7A3D_1_201_a.jpeg" width="646" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;"> President-elect Mbali Zulu, Helene Bramwell and Amina Frense say farewell to Christoph Plate</span><br /><p>South Africa, he said, has always had a history of estrangement with the rest of the continent. Surprisingly, this continued after the official demise of apartheid when South Africans were free to venture into the interior.</p><p>Despite South Africa's economic might, "there is a lot of mistrust and dislike out there. That is caused by the superiority attitude that many South Africans show to the rest of the continent.</p><p>"Even at the Africa Union headquarters people say off the record that South Africa is a bully - domineering, selfish and condescending."</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGIoXChbc8gj1dVH8HfyfQUA9T2BehFpu1a8SiH8j7ZnAYVtuXE0bxJFgBNMfcyzkXSAv4SzdXuamIcfjnKKapWSZh41p9kuhjHik3feoMczc6ALQxhGR8i4vGtDzwSgmOGFPSOjeLbVXbPZaYKwOTfDkZc1HQe4jCnju3aVwGgZneAj4-sUv5H65H/s629/F1F70F34-8C38-49F3-A680-4F5BDBC4EE7E_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="629" data-original-width="572" height="469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGIoXChbc8gj1dVH8HfyfQUA9T2BehFpu1a8SiH8j7ZnAYVtuXE0bxJFgBNMfcyzkXSAv4SzdXuamIcfjnKKapWSZh41p9kuhjHik3feoMczc6ALQxhGR8i4vGtDzwSgmOGFPSOjeLbVXbPZaYKwOTfDkZc1HQe4jCnju3aVwGgZneAj4-sUv5H65H/w419-h469/F1F70F34-8C38-49F3-A680-4F5BDBC4EE7E_1_201_a.jpeg" width="419" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Christoph with President Julian Nagy</span><br /><p>After 1994 many South Africans tried hard to trade in countries that had been considered enemies before. Many of these companies got bloody noses. The South African managers were shocked that Kinshasa works differently to Bloemfontein.</p><p>They were shocked that in some places they were ripped off. Yet there are examples of successes, mainly in the extractive industries in for example Ghana, MTN in Nigeria and Engen in the DRC. Standard Bank seems to be almost everywhere, he said.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgudAh4qx-dgaV162U7JMQfewFh-EfYExJFtYxPZloSxx4s_Mb6PXIFSm-F6li33cRrgwUR4aLYw2ObfaGGGBzWAtr_uhFLl4G0Xg46a9K8TZ8jReIrAwY5kFNwU4UkroB6YVN1z9ZBZx8LEgJisU9qUUR2OecWYUkBXQQMK1uf48LXarCs9Z8y3_QF/s628/58D985CD-88C8-4623-AAFD-BA4CD3315419_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="619" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgudAh4qx-dgaV162U7JMQfewFh-EfYExJFtYxPZloSxx4s_Mb6PXIFSm-F6li33cRrgwUR4aLYw2ObfaGGGBzWAtr_uhFLl4G0Xg46a9K8TZ8jReIrAwY5kFNwU4UkroB6YVN1z9ZBZx8LEgJisU9qUUR2OecWYUkBXQQMK1uf48LXarCs9Z8y3_QF/w417-h399/58D985CD-88C8-4623-AAFD-BA4CD3315419_1_201_a.jpeg" width="417" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Jacinta Opany-Agbara with Paul Kasango at the meeting</span><br /><p>"This continent has 54 countries. I have been to the majority of them. And I can assure you that a Zimbabwean has as much in common with a Sudanese as a man from Southern Italy has with someone from Norway.</p><p>"Which is almost nothing. They don't eat the same food, they don't endure the same climate, they don't listen to the same music.</p><p>'The history of a country, no matter how small it may be, has always to be taken into consideration. If one sets up business operations in Senegal one needs to be aware that for them France is culturally and mentally much closer than South Africa," was his advice to South Africans trying to take on the continent.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaA3wkUdDMY2F2K8O_Yu3kgqn5fYaun1pOxeXB33A8C_3MIQPnlDs4GdjFnvtM5dEXYwe_gej-7XVCfH8FFvDclauLuQXfPUIqh7ofxk6s6W4u3muM4DWvlesmn02UhVNQxjUZrdaWA-A4ZKIbjKzv1-PtiWbHsf2A7XmCxuoGKwcOtXfip5FvDpoo/s6528/B854A8A3-0D94-4881-B2B1-F55C59D694FE_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3750" data-original-width="6528" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaA3wkUdDMY2F2K8O_Yu3kgqn5fYaun1pOxeXB33A8C_3MIQPnlDs4GdjFnvtM5dEXYwe_gej-7XVCfH8FFvDclauLuQXfPUIqh7ofxk6s6W4u3muM4DWvlesmn02UhVNQxjUZrdaWA-A4ZKIbjKzv1-PtiWbHsf2A7XmCxuoGKwcOtXfip5FvDpoo/w623-h323/B854A8A3-0D94-4881-B2B1-F55C59D694FE_1_201_a.jpeg" width="623" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">The Link volunteers Kathy McShane, Rowena Edna Raynders, Dalveen Davids and newbie Amina Frense</span><br /><p>Part of the meeting tomorrow will be a report back from the New Dawn project with the Link Trust for whom New Dawn had arranged a Rotary Foundation Global Grant.</p><p>Quite a few New Dawn members volunteer for the project, the latest being Amina Frense, who has joined a team serving learners at three primary schools twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays.</p><p>Their champion is Mrs Rowena Edna Reynolds, who has passionately served for three years and is the lead facilitator at the centre.</p><p>The Link is currently on a drive to gain more volunteers for their work, so congratulations to Amina and the other New Dawn members for stepping forward.</p><p><b>The Meeting Tomorrow</b> will feature George Purbrick's travels and adventures in Africa.</p><p><b>Dates to Diarise: </b>Thursday (15 June) is the deadline to RSVP for Mbali Zulu's induction as president of the Rotary Club of Johannesburg New Dawn on Saturday, 24 June at midday.</p><p>The price is R180.00 per person and that includes a trip by luxury bus to Vuyos Restaurant in Vilakazi Street. The bus departs at 10.30 am from the Park and Ride on the corner of 7th and 3rd Ave in Parktown North. Please RSVP to Barbara Angove on 083 251 0907.</p><p>To join in what promises to be a fun occasion, please pay before 20 June. The New Dawn account number at FNB is 62217422609. Reference your name and Induction. The Yoco machine will be available at the meeting tomorrow for credit card payments.</p><p><b>25 August: </b>The New Dawn Golf Day, our major fundraising effort for the year.</p><p><b>Wednesday, 6 September </b>sees the official visit of the incoming District Governor, Riana Pretorius, to New Dawn.</p><p><b>Saturday, 16 September </b>is World Cleanup Day which promises to be a major event in the New Dawn calendar again.</p><p><b>A Thought for the Week: </b>A wise man should have money in his hand, but not in his heart.<b> - Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745)</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p>Mike Vinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653867327615471017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709299653484820679.post-3631308310318297632023-05-30T14:33:00.000+02:002023-05-30T14:33:12.376+02:00The Power of the Confident Voice <p>She found her confident voice as an 8-year old shy child when she and her mother had been held up at gunpoint one night on the way home from choir practice, says Ursula Botha, actress and speaking and confidence coach and our speaker last week.</p><p>"I started talking to the two guys and one of them opened up to me and told me he also had a daughter about my age. They dropped us off unharmed in the middle of Soweto somewhere as a result of that and we could make our way home with the help of residents who had a telephone, something extremely rare in those days."</p><p>Up until then she had been an very shy girl who could never bring herself to speak to anyone, she remembers. "I was the shy voice growing up," she remembers. "At 8 I had to use my voice in a life-changing event and saved my and my Mom's life.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOHEZISnsT9WUOhbzQcqSWmHuzF8zM196Im4At-XFWrEVTMkRmDzRTM62CcWp07JtES0Kk3JRn5seUhzdcEUeI3qS7E4o66CGK67b1a1TAOzmP6RXJ5WDS1yBPELNyRdCcjVFwF80f7MW-jPpsT8NzQ8t0xEQjOO8I5J_Rw_TohiD_rhzCxhE5VVBR/s736/8E9C2137-1662-496C-8550-E470452996BD_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="723" data-original-width="736" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOHEZISnsT9WUOhbzQcqSWmHuzF8zM196Im4At-XFWrEVTMkRmDzRTM62CcWp07JtES0Kk3JRn5seUhzdcEUeI3qS7E4o66CGK67b1a1TAOzmP6RXJ5WDS1yBPELNyRdCcjVFwF80f7MW-jPpsT8NzQ8t0xEQjOO8I5J_Rw_TohiD_rhzCxhE5VVBR/w539-h502/8E9C2137-1662-496C-8550-E470452996BD_1_201_a.jpeg" width="539" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Ursula Botha with Karlien Kruger and the gift umbrella from New Dawn</span><br /><p>A confident voice is a free and empowered voice, she said.</p><p>When someone connects with you with their voice, they command your attention.</p><p>You can cultivate your voice by humming, singing and getting to know your voice.</p><p>"When driving read the road signs, but over-articulate. It teaches you not to stumble over your words. Relax your jaw, tension is the enemy of the confident voice."</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDdyHrfLWMPk8eiteoQ9EESKyMAyPn2GjplDBfBeU4pOqgGVysOxWv6jzKS4lNTMmJd3Yh7PP-nbWO2-Wg5A8xkiyHLNCLCm-lK0pLzFBPr4rHDEPiKk7P-QVjoBrpW2ImPZHNe6m8SUZF5HKjOL-5cpUCM8kMJTTY5Hn0echTZZC-WWNbfNv-qjjj/s858/A8CCC16F-C56B-4F19-A357-7EA0D17F216F_4_5005_c.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="314" data-original-width="858" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDdyHrfLWMPk8eiteoQ9EESKyMAyPn2GjplDBfBeU4pOqgGVysOxWv6jzKS4lNTMmJd3Yh7PP-nbWO2-Wg5A8xkiyHLNCLCm-lK0pLzFBPr4rHDEPiKk7P-QVjoBrpW2ImPZHNe6m8SUZF5HKjOL-5cpUCM8kMJTTY5Hn0echTZZC-WWNbfNv-qjjj/w593-h233/A8CCC16F-C56B-4F19-A357-7EA0D17F216F_4_5005_c.jpeg" width="593" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Ursula with Helene Bramwell, who invited her, Carol Stier and Joan Donet at the back</span><br /><p>Ursula is in real life a voice-over artist, presenter, academic and actress, known for roles in the SABC2 soapie <i>7de Laan</i> and in productions such as <i>Vlees van my Vlees, Single Guys</i> and <i>Slumber Party</i> and many TV advertisements.</p><p>She is passionate about using drama techniques to uplift others, develop skills and build confidence.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgywKidVkEFWC8S6QdofkN8T7cR-FlJpi3wqnCcSoSUZtEVvuYEnhPiQl4ukyjDlRS2pePLf8ytCjaJwmRd4rr0CWuUKpRCdaamI9R2SGEjMI8ltIMgv3wBSMoTPe_vN5sUq0EoHQtervl20HJlJUItINKH3rxLf7TRqF-2Q2yJN-Py7S_oP2xqFWIg/s988/DA65CBD6-D3AF-4179-AEA2-289C4BD74306_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="988" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgywKidVkEFWC8S6QdofkN8T7cR-FlJpi3wqnCcSoSUZtEVvuYEnhPiQl4ukyjDlRS2pePLf8ytCjaJwmRd4rr0CWuUKpRCdaamI9R2SGEjMI8ltIMgv3wBSMoTPe_vN5sUq0EoHQtervl20HJlJUItINKH3rxLf7TRqF-2Q2yJN-Py7S_oP2xqFWIg/w594-h289/DA65CBD6-D3AF-4179-AEA2-289C4BD74306_1_201_a.jpeg" width="594" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">The three New Dawn Pauls (Channon, Kasango and Chinn) enjoying the meeting</span><br /><p><b>Tomorrow: </b>There will be a discussion on the proposed new club constitution and bylaws which will be an opportunity for members to voice their views and gain clarification. If time permits there will be updates on the proposed AEC Bursary Scheme, the World Cleanup Day project in September and The Link after recent discussions with Tim Bashall and Maggie Fussell ahead of their upcoming strategy session in August.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_9VOJiVzxE3cAcMOXOt9K-dmKYww4QTDcIXV5ISZehvhO3KN7tlsxoD6QKNa3nNpKTR7H_6kSQRcqGaFKwGI949jluPu6L7_qU6nQJIZWRwPgjxcJX4LYgTOthGk6hEkSsO4SVscZp4ajjXbSLc5nh1_U_j-4u56rpCy1AmDSrKCQ_YJJC0BkF4c5/s356/A87DA539-2ACC-4A82-A888-63F2D0152F0F_4_5005_c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="356" data-original-width="354" height="435" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_9VOJiVzxE3cAcMOXOt9K-dmKYww4QTDcIXV5ISZehvhO3KN7tlsxoD6QKNa3nNpKTR7H_6kSQRcqGaFKwGI949jluPu6L7_qU6nQJIZWRwPgjxcJX4LYgTOthGk6hEkSsO4SVscZp4ajjXbSLc5nh1_U_j-4u56rpCy1AmDSrKCQ_YJJC0BkF4c5/w408-h435/A87DA539-2ACC-4A82-A888-63F2D0152F0F_4_5005_c.jpeg" width="408" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Christoph Plate</span><p><b>7 June: </b>The speaker is Christoph Plate, previously Africa correspondent for German and other publications and more recently media director Subsaharan Africa of the Konrad Adenauer-Stiftung. This will be Christoph's last meeting before he leaves the club and South Africa for Sofia in Bulgaria. The topic of his talk is: <i>South Africa and the rest of the continent - a difficult relationship.</i></p><p><b>24 June: </b>Don't forget to reply to the invitation to Mbali Zulu's induction on 24 June in Soweto, a highlight of the year and a big day in the life of the Rotary Club of Johannesburg New Dawn.</p><p><b>25 August: </b>That's the Friday that has been set aside for the annual New Dawn Golf Day. Planning has already started and the aim is to make this the biggest Golf Day of them all. Start thinking of ways in which you can help to achieve this. Always needed are prize and corporate hole sponsors, raffle ticket sales and of course golfing 4-balls.</p><p><b>A Thought for the Week: </b>The secret of joy is the mastery of pain. - <b>Anaïs Nin (1903 - 1977)</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><br /></p>Mike Vinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653867327615471017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709299653484820679.post-36419378548074628812023-05-23T16:33:00.000+02:002023-05-23T16:33:57.592+02:00Profoundly Interesting and Uplifting<p>Woodside Sanctuary and The Link are both projects close to New Dawn's heart and at the meeting last week we heard from both of them; tales of achievement but also struggle in a world that has become very difficult for those tackling humanitarian issues.</p><p>Loné Lourens, responsible for Marketing and Fundraising, said that Rotary had been one of the organisations that helped establish Woodside in the 1950s.</p><p>In latter years a former New Dawn member, Hugh Rix, ran the Woodside Sanctuary for the profoundly mentally and physically disabled for many years before handing over the chairmanship to Paul Kasango, who has been involved from before the Covid years, a time that raised many challenges for organisations like theirs.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU4bsP9FZW68eHS8C-odnM5b7oQnJtMdwyjC3flp_NKd8i_c69fFkywDhuix6XoOZPKsHXMBBlxSikTJZaScard6BVb0wmg41lquEuMt3-C6uXeT0FfcdcZTxbOHgj2MJ1-muOHwUf1X1nRnZt-sZSKWav6kFq3u8u9VHxBGNeFHCSQY0fi6jAFv90/s697/D135B09D-4470-404A-BEF3-DE10A1D6F4B6_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="697" height="585" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU4bsP9FZW68eHS8C-odnM5b7oQnJtMdwyjC3flp_NKd8i_c69fFkywDhuix6XoOZPKsHXMBBlxSikTJZaScard6BVb0wmg41lquEuMt3-C6uXeT0FfcdcZTxbOHgj2MJ1-muOHwUf1X1nRnZt-sZSKWav6kFq3u8u9VHxBGNeFHCSQY0fi6jAFv90/w640-h585/D135B09D-4470-404A-BEF3-DE10A1D6F4B6_1_201_a.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Loné Lourens with Graham Donet, who thanked her after her talk</span><br /><p>Loné refers to Woodside as profoundly interesting and uplifting.</p><p>"Your gut reaction is to walk away, but now I see our people as ordinary humans in a different shell".</p><p>Woodside currently has 85 residents, of whom 26 are orphaned or abandoned and cannot pay the fees. Most of the others and their families also struggle with keeping up with full payments, Despite these and other challenges, their aim is to provide a true home to the residents, who range in age from about 6 to 66.</p><p>She said their biggest wish now is to be able to install solar power to be able to withstand the ever increasing levels of load shedding. Their current generator can run only the laundry, an absolute essential in a place such a theirs (they wash about 1500 towelling nappies a day) and the reception area.</p><p>"It's a special place and the kids we care for are special," she said of Woodside.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOVlyJCrBYajEdn3sTYJT0GJNVkTL8j0O1-PEC0J6fpT5rbJkVEUpTRrVngKD4f4TTQw1xkqpAp4mZm2w3WSZVLS5khI-od8XKiAcqSzCLOOy-S6I2nBU6z2lEDr7uKbKqnQ4gi3HfBZwX-_4vj8G4EVsGHsnwbiZoEvRafwvosU7c1zln9lcYi7l/s857/76D91F7B-A591-4EE4-875D-472FCF8D516F_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="655" data-original-width="857" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOVlyJCrBYajEdn3sTYJT0GJNVkTL8j0O1-PEC0J6fpT5rbJkVEUpTRrVngKD4f4TTQw1xkqpAp4mZm2w3WSZVLS5khI-od8XKiAcqSzCLOOy-S6I2nBU6z2lEDr7uKbKqnQ4gi3HfBZwX-_4vj8G4EVsGHsnwbiZoEvRafwvosU7c1zln9lcYi7l/w659-h452/76D91F7B-A591-4EE4-875D-472FCF8D516F_1_201_a.jpeg" width="659" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Carol Stier, incoming president Mbali Zulu and Tim Bashall with his Paul Harris certificate and medallion</span><br /><p>After the Woodside talk it was time to hand over a Paul Harris to Tim Bashall, husband of Margie Bashall, the founder of The Link Literacy and Numeracy Project. And about time too, as the Paul Harris was originally arranged by Past President Ian Widdop in 2021 during the Covid years and this was the first time that Tim, who has now relocated to Cape Town, has been able to attend a club meeting since then.</p><p>He said that his then wife had started The Link almost at the same time as she had started her first oncology treatment for cancer that would eventually take her life.</p><p>New Dawn has a Global Grant in favour of The Link, but because of quite stringent conditions, spending came to a halt when Covid struck. There is a concerted effort to get this underway again.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaW0BFr4iFL0zZKkWPdTcv4hYkMPeSCgdymH3FA634qgsyFV2hI-i3XAytgm68UGGOLDXd1dCt3eevbxm0LKljKIoMTSDaWRkISyM0iIGDNUPphlEazwT-3cX9F_WyxFQJiRzwEwyF6Ry-C0_RpXpSI0i60hDZEDbsci7D7VelyQuqenZ0GaTXW_Vk/s1024/250c5e92-a6d8-4d02-82b5-7a44b251e1ce.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="755" data-original-width="1024" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaW0BFr4iFL0zZKkWPdTcv4hYkMPeSCgdymH3FA634qgsyFV2hI-i3XAytgm68UGGOLDXd1dCt3eevbxm0LKljKIoMTSDaWRkISyM0iIGDNUPphlEazwT-3cX9F_WyxFQJiRzwEwyF6Ry-C0_RpXpSI0i60hDZEDbsci7D7VelyQuqenZ0GaTXW_Vk/w650-h412/250c5e92-a6d8-4d02-82b5-7a44b251e1ce.jpg" width="650" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Maggie Fussel of The Link, Mbali Zulu and Tim Bashall</span><p>Tim said he's happy to report that The Link has survived Covid and is back on track. They already have 375 volunteers supporting 729 children in 19 schools with a real prospect of growth in Soweto and on the West Rand.</p><p>They're especially excited by getting a foothold in the Zola Primary School in Soweto, which he described as a very high functioning school with a wonderful headmistress. From there the dream is to be able to expand the project into many more schools in Soweto.</p><p><b>Tomorrow:</b> The speaker tomorrow is Ursula Botha, a voice coach, who will be speaking on unlocking the power of your voice.</p><p><b>A Thought for the Week: </b>Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others. <b>- Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745)</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Mike Vinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653867327615471017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709299653484820679.post-26396429625727209152023-05-15T16:01:00.001+02:002023-05-15T16:01:44.239+02:00The Power of Members<p>The meeting last week took the form of a club assembly to discuss the consolidation of the club constitution and by-laws with special emphasis on the possible categories of Rotary membership and ways in which this can be used to involve as many people in the community and as many interests of theirs as possible.</p><p>This can be achieved by having different categories of membership.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidrxC7P5c-ly25oMV9LYwxfMy4RjRTETgSqRWzOWQHaJ11ONceDsLQBj7TBTdZaQtoJDRGUAsPbpoB4HpsdItKOHxOesrTNlyh_jkexc6Nn2BO6McukZGOg-UyCRFb4JLRzjIXO9aM7CbjHYXy77heIxyACvkla49ENa4R2bu5DgTfnEfYacLhCtbs/s640/80D29A46-CC58-4570-B20C-559C76A53742_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="439" data-original-width="640" height="349" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidrxC7P5c-ly25oMV9LYwxfMy4RjRTETgSqRWzOWQHaJ11ONceDsLQBj7TBTdZaQtoJDRGUAsPbpoB4HpsdItKOHxOesrTNlyh_jkexc6Nn2BO6McukZGOg-UyCRFb4JLRzjIXO9aM7CbjHYXy77heIxyACvkla49ENa4R2bu5DgTfnEfYacLhCtbs/w556-h349/80D29A46-CC58-4570-B20C-559C76A53742_1_201_a.jpeg" width="556" /></a> </div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Francoise de Jongh-Nauchant and her son, Pierre-Maxime</span><br /><p>First there was the draw for the Power of Pennies at a social function last Friday evening at the Ferndale Bowls Club, which turned out to be a fun evening with two very special guests.</p><p>Francoise de Jongh-Nauchant is already a familiar face at New Dawn. She's a friend of Helene Bramwell and has Zoomed in a number of times from Luxembourg, where she lives.</p><p>Francoise is relocating to Johannesburg to be closer to her son, Pierre and grandchildren and expressed an interest in joining New Dawn and Rotary.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHlFw9DVixi3Zc-EW-oYmRvaibUKAgcT5Y8r593lHy7wp2zgeO2zS9KwfMUHPWMgw_3fHUv7_gaJGGryUCTen9OkNrR0hAnePksM50DCz9fUbXywcLVAuqVS1A4K9bGKHfmfy6O5dTXLEhHNOvD_b7xflmJKx_kGRu7eMzJPtsWukmoJX2TeYhKSqA/s883/BA28A4CC-0745-4886-8DBE-6A59316F001D_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="376" height="572" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHlFw9DVixi3Zc-EW-oYmRvaibUKAgcT5Y8r593lHy7wp2zgeO2zS9KwfMUHPWMgw_3fHUv7_gaJGGryUCTen9OkNrR0hAnePksM50DCz9fUbXywcLVAuqVS1A4K9bGKHfmfy6O5dTXLEhHNOvD_b7xflmJKx_kGRu7eMzJPtsWukmoJX2TeYhKSqA/w304-h572/BA28A4CC-0745-4886-8DBE-6A59316F001D_1_201_a.jpeg" width="304" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Francoise doing the draw</span><br /><p>She did the honours for the draw for the R5000 prize money for the Power of Pennies and after drawing a toy snake from the calabash, proceeded to draw the name of Hannes Dressler as the prize winner.</p><p>Hannes, as we know, has relocated to the Middle East with his family and will be leaving New Dawn at the end of the current Rotary financial year in June. Attempts to reach him by email have not been fruitful, so if you're reading this Hannes, drop me a line.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiDil-3KKSeefO2pdoB8Wi1X6OMiJi0wqIvxHevo8PVVHNIFeXMw4WrdF1RiBA1r5ONMNg6Fs6keJ5CgUx-y0hEDSuHz4V_U_2V_syAe-GTGE7TPNc1BSKJfibhBcMdnPcbfRqTmlPGs7X9TzvwsiYQCCzKw2WZtRvgIddTAUpc-9O24ptS784aiEG/s909/1BB732F8-9EFC-4FC9-860F-22EDBEE05F3B_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="909" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiDil-3KKSeefO2pdoB8Wi1X6OMiJi0wqIvxHevo8PVVHNIFeXMw4WrdF1RiBA1r5ONMNg6Fs6keJ5CgUx-y0hEDSuHz4V_U_2V_syAe-GTGE7TPNc1BSKJfibhBcMdnPcbfRqTmlPGs7X9TzvwsiYQCCzKw2WZtRvgIddTAUpc-9O24ptS784aiEG/w572-h296/1BB732F8-9EFC-4FC9-860F-22EDBEE05F3B_1_201_a.jpeg" width="572" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">The partygoers last Friday</span><p></p><p>The Power of Pennies is an attempt to create a steady stream of income for the club where participants (not necessarily only members) each pay R100 a month for four months and are then in line to win a cash prize equalling half of the fresh income for the four-month period, which has worked out to R5000 for the last few draws. The rest of the money stays in the kitty for club projects and business.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiL7N1Q6U_uq_fg2AE7tJbHrpCJrwN8PsKQtrQGV_0XYsJMj9U5_r7cpffcyr78IuRS5epr013nTGTMboldO5SJaube9DWk10vFlA6cBPS_Pj6ZuZ02BPSGmm8GA-4BeXmfhBO3tonRzWoLwLZfL0xpUUEf3jLZqNvpId2IkFXD_uEbKqbZLiH1-si/s2929/14A8B502-D452-4877-85A5-85C3A007545A_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2929" data-original-width="2358" height="467" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiL7N1Q6U_uq_fg2AE7tJbHrpCJrwN8PsKQtrQGV_0XYsJMj9U5_r7cpffcyr78IuRS5epr013nTGTMboldO5SJaube9DWk10vFlA6cBPS_Pj6ZuZ02BPSGmm8GA-4BeXmfhBO3tonRzWoLwLZfL0xpUUEf3jLZqNvpId2IkFXD_uEbKqbZLiH1-si/w329-h467/14A8B502-D452-4877-85A5-85C3A007545A_1_201_a.heic" width="329" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Babette Gallard, Joan Sainsbury and Barbara Angove</span><br /><p>At the club assembly President Julian Nagy thanked Carol Stier for the mountain of work she did in tidying up the two most important club documents: the constitution and bylaws.</p><p>The member categories discussed were firstly the two categories recognised by Rotary International, being fully paid up <b>Active members</b> and non-contributing <b>Honorary members</b>.</p><p>A new category is <b>Corporate membership</b> where the club persuades a company to make an annual contribution in exchange for membership for some of their staff as part of their social investment programme.</p><p>Although the business pays the dues for those members, it would always be the aim to have the company contribute a larger amount than than just the dues to enable the club to tackle more projects. To achieve this would obviously require a concerted drive to recruit companies.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWRlDbJ-A_yEZglEI5xI2vqBECoLCIq2udUSDJRfd7i_3KwlL0uZttpFoZXOWeutWudV0kR4QCkggvWV7YcVraQgpMXWaPhZXvoescqRmHRfC9shEiNzIyhx4zMrsDCwRWf9AYH74wFS63UqlqoCZHYiN71R1zA1LmMx0v7T6HiEQ9O0iV0S1QmLV6/s3574/90E3E926-FFC3-4701-93FF-F57789B76FE7_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3574" data-original-width="1417" height="604" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWRlDbJ-A_yEZglEI5xI2vqBECoLCIq2udUSDJRfd7i_3KwlL0uZttpFoZXOWeutWudV0kR4QCkggvWV7YcVraQgpMXWaPhZXvoescqRmHRfC9shEiNzIyhx4zMrsDCwRWf9AYH74wFS63UqlqoCZHYiN71R1zA1LmMx0v7T6HiEQ9O0iV0S1QmLV6/w288-h604/90E3E926-FFC3-4701-93FF-F57789B76FE7_1_201_a.heic" width="288" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">President Julian Nagy at the assembly</span><p><b>Associate membership</b> would act as a sort of stepping stone to full membership. Associate members don't pay the full dues and are not Rotarians in the eyes of Rotary International, but use a probation time to see whether they think they fit into the club and vice versa.</p><p>This category of membership would preferably be for a fixed period, but could also be used to accommodate people who can't pay the full fees. Associate membership doesn't carry any voting or formal decision making rights, though.</p><p>The last category discussed is <b>Affiliate membership, </b>also known as Friends of Rotary for people who don't want to join as full members, for whatever reason. These are people who enjoy the club and its activities from time to time but can't be there permanently.</p><p>A club the size of New Dawn raises challenges in terms of administration and planning (we're all volunteers, after all) and the discussion focused a lot on how to get more people involved in more different ways, something New Dawn has always wanted.</p><p><b>This week: </b>Loné Lourens, marketing and fundraising manager at Woodside Sanctuary, is the speaker. Woodside, a full-time residential care facility for children and adults with profound intellectual and physical disabilities, and New Dawn have had a long association.</p><p>There will also be a surprise visit from Tim Bashall of The Link.</p><p>The speaker the following week <b>(24 May)</b> is Ursula Botha, a speaking and confidence coach.</p><p><b>Diary: </b>Don't forget to diarise the next Golf Day on <b>Friday, 25 August</b> at Parkview and World Cleanup Day on <b>Saturday, 16 September.</b></p><p><b>A Thought for the Week: </b>Always do what you are afraid to do. <b>- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Mike Vinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653867327615471017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709299653484820679.post-60519398084603044822023-04-27T15:24:00.003+02:002023-04-27T15:24:52.959+02:00Invading Delta Park<p>Not a lot of people hang around in the same place for 40 years anymore, says Geoff Lockwood, who has done just that at the Delta Park Environmental Centre in Delta Park, a huge open space, part park, part wildlife and bird sanctuary in Johannesburg's leafy suburbs.</p><p>Delta Park is also home to many invader plant species and these days vagrants and other unwelcome visitors.</p><p>Geoff says the centre is housed in what was originally a sewerage pump station serving the area. The art deco building dating from the 1030s was saved from almost certain demolition and repurposed as the centre housing, amongst other things, a natural history museum.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgreOvGjlOO8bfTMafnwAj1RmHM1Et6TRuq3GltSnbb_YFPTQijWqh6NMCV9mMmyCLG0bjGHuzGHGVMEk57jp8kK4TgADCaSivkh-22htl6V6Msc2cgH-fvZbQiqzt4hVXD5W3ACZRN9CR00m6H5lEp3PdCHpB2qjJ7ffDYpqPB1KRts2au47rbDPgl/s653/967A2011-0119-4BE5-87B5-FB0FFBE06052_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="653" height="373" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgreOvGjlOO8bfTMafnwAj1RmHM1Et6TRuq3GltSnbb_YFPTQijWqh6NMCV9mMmyCLG0bjGHuzGHGVMEk57jp8kK4TgADCaSivkh-22htl6V6Msc2cgH-fvZbQiqzt4hVXD5W3ACZRN9CR00m6H5lEp3PdCHpB2qjJ7ffDYpqPB1KRts2au47rbDPgl/w589-h373/967A2011-0119-4BE5-87B5-FB0FFBE06052_1_201_a.jpeg" width="589" /></a></div><p> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;"> Geoff Lockwood in front of the centre during lockdown in a photo from the Randburg Sun</span> </p><p>The centre, established by the antiques dealer Norman Bloom, concentrates on educating children in environmental matters, sticking with the formal school curriculum. It was Bloom who persuaded the Johannesburg City Council to lease the building housing the then defunct sewerage works for a nominal fee to help with the establishment of a bird sanctuary, which still exists.</p><p>He says he and his wife lived in the newly renovated building when they were first married and he's been there more or less ever since.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG8aFlAZ2dr4TXmvsmzKA50bno0LllLwZPRKv_ajpF4hyqbyX9lvRCg2yGSe2CDIsCYvCokqZ4XmipNxZTidkusHMkALj7X4ssh7u78E8BAQcjXq1zsS0wa-Q9p4sIgH73Mre738v_DfzxFq23b1grdtz95DhrKtv-9shXtFWnJOwyqLndyvNSo9dY/s704/3C357ECA-95A1-4AFF-BF7E-6DDE1ADA38DE_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="457" data-original-width="704" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG8aFlAZ2dr4TXmvsmzKA50bno0LllLwZPRKv_ajpF4hyqbyX9lvRCg2yGSe2CDIsCYvCokqZ4XmipNxZTidkusHMkALj7X4ssh7u78E8BAQcjXq1zsS0wa-Q9p4sIgH73Mre738v_DfzxFq23b1grdtz95DhrKtv-9shXtFWnJOwyqLndyvNSo9dY/w587-h352/3C357ECA-95A1-4AFF-BF7E-6DDE1ADA38DE_1_201_a.jpeg" width="587" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Geoff Lockwood accepting a complimentary umbrella from President Julian Nagy.</span><div><p>He says it gives him great pleasure when parents come to the centre with their children and tell him how they'd visted the centre when they were schoolchildren 20 or 30 years previously and saw the spotted eagle owls.</p><p>There is an abundance of wildlife in Delta Park, with 232 recorded bird species, Geoff said. There are regular sightings of genets and of the slender mongoose. Apart from his environmental work Geoff is also a bird illustrator and published the book <i>Garden Birds of South Africa </i>many years ago. He consults with corporates on environmental matters as well.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi307yYJReQ8kCI6cz6VWLool7fpCoZZSQQzlXR-W5KsMT8dT6riasjU_BK8zlS0x2522YtWGJdvzKxBdSHYc3y64bQmQcXG5VYU0V2VeYwHCX-VsPxi-Qk0CYm76EffSVWwml86PN16GwfOUtaeJ16yFlO2wsxtVquX4bpHurZ6u9YsyLsJlTNJLem/s663/2DE68F4E-9881-4339-8E69-F9667DF87396_1_102_o.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="373" data-original-width="663" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi307yYJReQ8kCI6cz6VWLool7fpCoZZSQQzlXR-W5KsMT8dT6riasjU_BK8zlS0x2522YtWGJdvzKxBdSHYc3y64bQmQcXG5VYU0V2VeYwHCX-VsPxi-Qk0CYm76EffSVWwml86PN16GwfOUtaeJ16yFlO2wsxtVquX4bpHurZ6u9YsyLsJlTNJLem/w576-h322/2DE68F4E-9881-4339-8E69-F9667DF87396_1_102_o.jpeg" width="576" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Cosmos in Delta Park</span><p>Invader plant species such as cosmos (very beautiful this time of year, but a South American import), inkberry bushes, verbena and black wattle trees provide a constant source of problems with limited funds to tackle it.</p><p>Vagrants and others who make the park their home are arriving in a steadily growing stream and provide a whole new set of problems that the municipality doesn't seem to have the will to tackle head on.</p><p>Geoff said there are a number of areas in which Rotary clubs could get involved, amongst them the teacher training programme which came to an end during Covid. The cleanup of the spruit which runs along the easter border of the park is another, as is the proper removal of invader plants.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqa5YTFRMEQaFJTPbbLnzy97pVHCjU9d_Q-5dRAD_ylJ2ydbtwROPwRLIzw6g25sympUkz2dp7WDEk62411-7_zgc__KrySXDc1nZ6JCyCnLZFsbz2p8AD_fhKfrD5x_FTfjQf4J3S69lbIQoNcjjHEOvzznOpGeRYCpACHw-37ssNvfAap-MqfhM6/s967/44DC710A-AD70-44B0-BDE3-64395F5B9839_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="967" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqa5YTFRMEQaFJTPbbLnzy97pVHCjU9d_Q-5dRAD_ylJ2ydbtwROPwRLIzw6g25sympUkz2dp7WDEk62411-7_zgc__KrySXDc1nZ6JCyCnLZFsbz2p8AD_fhKfrD5x_FTfjQf4J3S69lbIQoNcjjHEOvzznOpGeRYCpACHw-37ssNvfAap-MqfhM6/w559-h331/44DC710A-AD70-44B0-BDE3-64395F5B9839_1_201_a.jpeg" width="559" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Brenda Sakellarides with pupils Tshireletso Llale, Khanya Radebe and Tshepang Selate</span><br /><p>Environmental matters are very much on the forefront and Brenda Sakellarides brought three pupils from the National School of Art to tell about the 1.5 tons of electronic waste they'd managed to get rid of, as well as other projects the school and its Interact club are tackling, such as trying to set up a proper recycling centre at the school in Braamfontein.</p><p>In the same vein Babette Gallard and Paul Chinn said they'd already started working on the next Clean the Spruit Day in September and that some 30 organisations are already involved.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvGmt-K303vyNhdQSShsaqDiHtkl78vEIktqEKqGOvPyJSn4S7fJfx2JRvfen1MPMC2Rwcb25-ePpBlD2nAe24ciyyMkAXUpbxMKmgazrMDmp_cxvaY4Vx-_Q8hL4OUDJqZx6STTjgmKeoHG40FsxiqIG_qv-E67ZLrMMP_Un0qG7cPiayXTb4Pmja/s1024/CD0A2F41-22BD-4F26-B889-04640612579A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="732" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvGmt-K303vyNhdQSShsaqDiHtkl78vEIktqEKqGOvPyJSn4S7fJfx2JRvfen1MPMC2Rwcb25-ePpBlD2nAe24ciyyMkAXUpbxMKmgazrMDmp_cxvaY4Vx-_Q8hL4OUDJqZx6STTjgmKeoHG40FsxiqIG_qv-E67ZLrMMP_Un0qG7cPiayXTb4Pmja/w337-h396/CD0A2F41-22BD-4F26-B889-04640612579A.jpeg" width="337" /></a></div><br /><p><b>Dates to remember: </b>There will be NO MEETING this coming Wednesday, but there will be a fellowship gathering, along with the latest Power of Pennies draw, next Friday, 5 May as per the flyer above.</p><p>The board will be meeting for breakfast next Wednesday, at 9.30 am at the Country Club Johannesburg in Auckland Park for those who want to join in.</p><p>The function on Friday evening is at the Ferndale Bowling Club in Harley Street, just off Republic Road and quite easy to get to. The cost is R75 per person to cover the venue hire, but please bring along a plate of eats to share with fellow members. Get there by 6 pm. The bar will be open for your own pocket, but prices are extremely reasonable.</p><p>The week after will be a club assembly for a discussion of the club constitution that Carol Stier has been researching. The more members that are there, the better consensus will be possible.</p><p>Also make a note of the New Dawn Golf Day: <b>Friday, 25 August.</b> We're going to pull out all the stops to make it a whopping success.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjOtEVFkNmP9L5LFxF3Rp7a6S4k7qvwQJCssNqDhIA8c77mtLWEj0_Bm4wTVHSo47wBKR-FlkUupJixeUXB6ZGaVyA5XW5_TRnZe77vjVNOL38JoCQ0L-zEC2v4Qu8Ml-c-JhZcb6jvKU7ZLbyYdIkuy8j12yDSf53MfpAiZlBiHvutQvF-jWJGVZK/s631/D202ECC4-7169-4B70-9439-06C15467E186_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="631" data-original-width="606" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjOtEVFkNmP9L5LFxF3Rp7a6S4k7qvwQJCssNqDhIA8c77mtLWEj0_Bm4wTVHSo47wBKR-FlkUupJixeUXB6ZGaVyA5XW5_TRnZe77vjVNOL38JoCQ0L-zEC2v4Qu8Ml-c-JhZcb6jvKU7ZLbyYdIkuy8j12yDSf53MfpAiZlBiHvutQvF-jWJGVZK/w434-h399/D202ECC4-7169-4B70-9439-06C15467E186_1_201_a.jpeg" width="434" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Judy Sligcher handing over a bunch of flowers from the club to Joan Donet</span><br /><p><b>And finally: </b>Our thoughts are with Joan and Graham Donet on the passing of Joan's mom, Peggy, in East London last week.</p><p><b>A Thought for the Week: </b>Poetry is the shadow cast by our streetlight imaginations. -<b> Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919 - 2021)</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Mike Vinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653867327615471017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709299653484820679.post-22580431643983593512023-04-11T16:27:00.001+02:002023-04-11T16:27:47.695+02:00Relinking With The Link<p>Her driving force is to bring service to other people, Maggie Fussell, new Coordinator of The Link Literacy and Numeracy Project, told the club at the meeting this week.</p><p>The Rotary Club of Johannesburg New Dawn has had a long-standing relationship with The Link after Past President Ian Widdop arranged for a Global Grant for the project in the pre-Covid years.</p><p>The Global Grant, which totalled just under R500 000, was meant to enable The Link to open new centres at more and more schools in an effort to expand their operations and the brilliant work they were doing. Then Covid came along and made any expansion impossible.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhixNu8wDdmf4Cz20NtGIIgudlvJDANM4w3kIf9xvDpOjbcXbuFrnGNGMm5GpQtCgSLNxDvtqjShvmSuu52gt1IuCu1LIB-Efw_w0pVbxNmtb-m04Sk-gQn7fSsxhOM-Er0SfWNBD86JeKNE44NI5TSNELguPzHLxLLO70Dox-BA1FP_3Qr3KCmLQkw/s570/877229DE-A7BE-4702-9AC3-02C318227581_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="494" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhixNu8wDdmf4Cz20NtGIIgudlvJDANM4w3kIf9xvDpOjbcXbuFrnGNGMm5GpQtCgSLNxDvtqjShvmSuu52gt1IuCu1LIB-Efw_w0pVbxNmtb-m04Sk-gQn7fSsxhOM-Er0SfWNBD86JeKNE44NI5TSNELguPzHLxLLO70Dox-BA1FP_3Qr3KCmLQkw/w492-h562/877229DE-A7BE-4702-9AC3-02C318227581_1_201_a.jpeg" width="492" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Maggie Fussell of The Link with President Julian Nagy</span><p>Maggie's visit to the club this past week was aimed at finding ways to spend the R242 000 left over from the GG while staying within the parameters of the original grant.</p><p>She said The Link is at a very exciting stage of its journey reviving the numbers of volunteers which fell off dramatically during the various lockdowns and projects such as The Link in a Box where a set of tools to teach the programme can be bought by schools that are still too far away from the present area of operation in and around Johannesburg.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU9d_TBeA346WqDv9ucfdUAfwdsEoWH45Ot35TTCGovGSUE1WgnDvnRP7OT4qj4zjQfS79f4JX8MqFs1dmfk4ttoFhz-Dqm8tUHkFTsbOxsSvRN8HIeim-aNPj4l-cC01tALdm_B0iij1xCm5mJya_GDpMq4KtXQ8YMuOWX1PIGg1FUf7cD7BuGHRX/s619/CC2729C7-03C8-41BE-8A71-002F2D41EAF6_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="619" data-original-width="609" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU9d_TBeA346WqDv9ucfdUAfwdsEoWH45Ot35TTCGovGSUE1WgnDvnRP7OT4qj4zjQfS79f4JX8MqFs1dmfk4ttoFhz-Dqm8tUHkFTsbOxsSvRN8HIeim-aNPj4l-cC01tALdm_B0iij1xCm5mJya_GDpMq4KtXQ8YMuOWX1PIGg1FUf7cD7BuGHRX/w483-h512/CC2729C7-03C8-41BE-8A71-002F2D41EAF6_1_201_a.jpeg" width="483" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">PDG Jankees Sligcher hands over an umbrella to Maggie Fussell after her talk</span><p>Link in a Box costs R2600, but if schools cannot pay, they are sold for a minimum of R500 to ensure proper buy-in from those schools, with the rest of the money donated by sponsors.</p><p>In an exciting development, she said they had had requests for The Link from Soweto, which they hope will translate into getting a proper foothold amongst that vast population.</p><p>One such request came from Nancefield hostels which had a venue in the building formerly used by the Soweto Boxing Academy with a room that could be securely locked. Although the site is presently used to house victims of the recent floods, Maggie said it would eventually become available again.</p><p>A distinct advantage is that it is down the road from the UJ Soweto education campus.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNOacqNcqyZbZeS0GCednjCchGZMBXCtIVEdwMnL7PmlrlKzRbPtIUL7EKfZud2cCgjhwDQ4g728yJM-K1IwenK4UHlETgnfASdsYQYWgD35zi3moswcevF5AaaSWZWabh67Gdt2-vvxcp7NEVyb1xA_l2yr2Dwx-Q9MTkG3phdmAxDO-UbY04nkeu/s721/E27804C5-BBB3-4810-9FE9-CD0A49CC4AC2_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="721" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNOacqNcqyZbZeS0GCednjCchGZMBXCtIVEdwMnL7PmlrlKzRbPtIUL7EKfZud2cCgjhwDQ4g728yJM-K1IwenK4UHlETgnfASdsYQYWgD35zi3moswcevF5AaaSWZWabh67Gdt2-vvxcp7NEVyb1xA_l2yr2Dwx-Q9MTkG3phdmAxDO-UbY04nkeu/w504-h480/E27804C5-BBB3-4810-9FE9-CD0A49CC4AC2_1_201_a.jpeg" width="504" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">President-elect Mbali Zulu with incoming secretary Babette Gallard and Paul Kasango</span><p>They will soon be visiting another possible site in Krugersdorp and have also been approached by a school for physically disabled children in Booysens.</p><p>If these centres come about, The Link will have twenty centres for literacy learning, with seven of them providing numeracy training.</p><p>"A lot of our friends and new people are coming back, realising that two hours once a week changes a child's life, and changes your life."</p><p>"We need to know our centres are operating well. We concentrated on quality not quantity, but now we need to get our name out there."</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV4tyxYi14Yl9_LdC1MLw0qkDpguKdp2dm4A7MFq_M0ahGRJMYpVLKSm964-oqz2r9SzHX5w1L5hJJxSd-hGYPPj0J_2AEfCb5DrJsxH1HSrqCCJeeFJ_RYxYAbSbM05W4XqEFyWrEH8yk8EoXUpAbOlTs_D89zTG1ZgjEpmdrpaOPjAXTlacnkM9U/s1080/2AA4B010-DC1A-4641-B475-DF5C368E7A10.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV4tyxYi14Yl9_LdC1MLw0qkDpguKdp2dm4A7MFq_M0ahGRJMYpVLKSm964-oqz2r9SzHX5w1L5hJJxSd-hGYPPj0J_2AEfCb5DrJsxH1HSrqCCJeeFJ_RYxYAbSbM05W4XqEFyWrEH8yk8EoXUpAbOlTs_D89zTG1ZgjEpmdrpaOPjAXTlacnkM9U/w413-h379/2AA4B010-DC1A-4641-B475-DF5C368E7A10.jpeg" width="413" /></a></div><br /><p><b>Upcoming Events: </b>Because of the Easter weekend and holidays, there will be NO MEETING on Wednesday, 12 April.</p><p>On Monday, 17 April the AGM of the Christ Church Christain Care Centre (5 Cees) takes place at their home in Berea. The address is 15 Mitchell Street and the building, an old hotel, faces onto Louis Botha Ave.</p><p>It is an ideal opportunity for members who have not engaged with 5Cees yet, to pay them a visit and learn more about the great work being done at the home. To top it all, they serve a great curry for dinner.</p><p>You can contact me if you need more details. The ideal is for a few members to get together and go there together by car. There is safe parking, although somewhat limited, so get there early.</p><p>The annual inter-club blanket drive also presents an opportunity for a member to take responsibility for co-ordinating the club's response to it. Blankets will cost R90 each this year and the basic task will be to find a way of raising funds for the blankets and finding worthy recipients before the winter sets in.</p><p>The secretary will have the details.</p><p>Another opportunity to get involved will be when Paul Kasango's plan to arrange an outing for the staff and patients at Woodside Sanctuary comes together. Paul asked for ideas for such an outing and will obviously need volunteers to help on the day.</p><p><b>A Thought for the Week: </b>Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever. - <b>Charles Lamb (1775 - 1834)</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Mike Vinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653867327615471017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709299653484820679.post-35475535596305206042023-03-27T11:07:00.001+02:002023-03-27T11:07:12.410+02:00Business Battles for Betterment,<p>There's an ANC "politburo" deployed to, and now dominating, the boards of many big businesses which is used as part of a network of people within and on the fringes of government supporting and protecting one another. That was part of the chilling message Wayne Duvenage, activist and chief CEO of Outa (Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse) gave during his talk on the theme of business and government at the meeting last week.</p><p><span>He said South Africans, whether individually or as part of organisations, need to create an appetite to challenge government. "The soft approach doesn't work."</span></p><p><span>Lots of skills amongst semi-retired and retired people are going to waste. They could be put to good use to improve the lot of ordinary South Africans. "Get involved. Get on board," he said.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiiCBQrBvWHyXjOIW0bIVyF7fQEmzJWK438BZFwf7sCPWEC9ejAoaqDq8IAKAX-DsbUiKm3bTb2OBfilDbJs-ut8ZK_CA8Il4xxhkjgHcf9hsgKtPOGcYF27dqiKWx6XBBTg-ONgvq-wW2kzFbWp8REX8UId-sG_e0EntfYON0x7MbJRSQ8PirLRWE/s3630/7BC5ED61-232A-4678-8122-3B322763694A_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3630" data-original-width="1356" height="870" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiiCBQrBvWHyXjOIW0bIVyF7fQEmzJWK438BZFwf7sCPWEC9ejAoaqDq8IAKAX-DsbUiKm3bTb2OBfilDbJs-ut8ZK_CA8Il4xxhkjgHcf9hsgKtPOGcYF27dqiKWx6XBBTg-ONgvq-wW2kzFbWp8REX8UId-sG_e0EntfYON0x7MbJRSQ8PirLRWE/w426-h870/7BC5ED61-232A-4678-8122-3B322763694A_1_201_a.heic" width="426" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Wayne Duvenage</span><br /> <p></p><p>He called on people to support organisations such as Outa to help them to stand up to government theft, ineptitude and non-delivery.</p><p>It is encouraging that at least some business leaders have started to become outspoken about what government needs to change to save the country from the present downward spiral.</p><p>He said the ANC government is feeling vulnerable in the run-up to the 2024 election and that the time to act is now. "This is the time for real change."</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgssV5UsJD0-EhyTNHOxjV3pbx1qylHcpbNXUpuJPYxAAkp2OzntcicslZKxc1MwbRrpgRRZlHR7bWC8dLAQy3FexUJGNqlVGpfG0LlomfQefDWrSeh9dapY-LzZ9WUQVybr0xTlU1WT9VaaAXbVaPk360BxOSD_C7SKv9XnW9Ff6GwLq6MygOfQ_T-/s823/67CA7E28-4B18-4A24-95DF-9E2ED632540F_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="746" data-original-width="823" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgssV5UsJD0-EhyTNHOxjV3pbx1qylHcpbNXUpuJPYxAAkp2OzntcicslZKxc1MwbRrpgRRZlHR7bWC8dLAQy3FexUJGNqlVGpfG0LlomfQefDWrSeh9dapY-LzZ9WUQVybr0xTlU1WT9VaaAXbVaPk360BxOSD_C7SKv9XnW9Ff6GwLq6MygOfQ_T-/w570-h472/67CA7E28-4B18-4A24-95DF-9E2ED632540F_1_201_a.jpeg" width="570" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Wayne Duvenage accepts a branded Pas Reform umbrella from President Julian Nagy</span><br /><p>The governing party is already at it to find ways to fund their election campaign from state coffers even as voters seem to be forsaking them in their millions. The problem is that there is no-one these voters can turn to. Does the DA really think they would now vote for a party with a white male leader?</p><p>A soft approach to the government, whether at municipal, provincial or national level, doesn't work.</p><p>"It doesn't help us to have a good Constitution which is no use if we don't use it,"</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXolxtLoI_3JDCO8xDi28Yeq_I1sinpph_8qm61-01D-_75fXyiBV8NOJUnW3uyG0Fu9cTvaUcU1P9N6w_5f8_laidUY29KFxtlKJwkhuPNFC_YNznKn8VpUF0I5PVHuteHudtBC4lZ3I3Lhcb5XA506bFxq2uftoUJwq74jytkIMc1MDkCoD66Jy_/s1024/799DD7EB-DEA8-4FEB-8CB3-C40820CE3607_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="497" data-original-width="1024" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXolxtLoI_3JDCO8xDi28Yeq_I1sinpph_8qm61-01D-_75fXyiBV8NOJUnW3uyG0Fu9cTvaUcU1P9N6w_5f8_laidUY29KFxtlKJwkhuPNFC_YNznKn8VpUF0I5PVHuteHudtBC4lZ3I3Lhcb5XA506bFxq2uftoUJwq74jytkIMc1MDkCoD66Jy_/w615-h288/799DD7EB-DEA8-4FEB-8CB3-C40820CE3607_1_201_a.jpeg" width="615" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Christoph Plate, Helene Bramwell and Nyami Channel at the meeting</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5leNsu84ULIKrD8c28mrBBdNFB-iC0cFz4PUnvVfZErA8QOE1SrNxx2WtszRZ27dgvrAyH5Ox9PnojRMULAOQjhcg870fV6j5CLcu3R00Yra6vqm-qHF9OfIvs_UoPPwWQfq96-nWV69OBi1JcQb4ChTjhq1qEBivIF9k0SC95BdL06x5voBgt2Zs/s897/12D85E88-3387-4540-BC68-71C781A104A9_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="723" data-original-width="897" height="383" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5leNsu84ULIKrD8c28mrBBdNFB-iC0cFz4PUnvVfZErA8QOE1SrNxx2WtszRZ27dgvrAyH5Ox9PnojRMULAOQjhcg870fV6j5CLcu3R00Yra6vqm-qHF9OfIvs_UoPPwWQfq96-nWV69OBi1JcQb4ChTjhq1qEBivIF9k0SC95BdL06x5voBgt2Zs/w538-h383/12D85E88-3387-4540-BC68-71C781A104A9_1_201_a.jpeg" width="538" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Lucille Blumberg and Paul Kasango</span><br /><div><p>There was a good turnout at the meeting with quite a number of guests. An unexpected arrival was that of Rotarian Christoph Plate, who originally joined from Germany pre-Covid, but who is unfortunately leaving New Dawn at the end of June as he has been transferred out of the country.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpQSY1mAYGBiVF9ihkL0Upvxjk_OebXrruzWWBx_EBrvxzbYf3Ttv4WrjuISAJyJgkB-0gzTWsitPn9iofqJD_L0HyzP2nPrBERW98u1yisP-l0MGJ1i90l-EKs92U3Kx_iQGYA7ompib_mRQeX7Y660pJ7JgJOxXh-4Ljosr8eWsJoLFl6duGUhbv/s776/ECB8E290-7E6F-4F1A-8239-C231D0FF473D_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="776" data-original-width="507" height="610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpQSY1mAYGBiVF9ihkL0Upvxjk_OebXrruzWWBx_EBrvxzbYf3Ttv4WrjuISAJyJgkB-0gzTWsitPn9iofqJD_L0HyzP2nPrBERW98u1yisP-l0MGJ1i90l-EKs92U3Kx_iQGYA7ompib_mRQeX7Y660pJ7JgJOxXh-4Ljosr8eWsJoLFl6duGUhbv/w426-h610/ECB8E290-7E6F-4F1A-8239-C231D0FF473D_1_201_a.jpeg" width="426" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">A delighted Linda Hill with her voucher from Helene Bramwell's The Mask</span><br /><p><br /></p><p><b>Last Week: </b>The previous week saw the return of the Bridge Drive, one of the premier fundraising events of the club in the years before Covid drove most bridge players all over the world online, where many of them have remained.</p><p>The event at the Ferndale Bowls Club nevertheless managed to attract some 44 bridge players for a morning of either social or tournament bridge and the foundation has been laid for future events in the years to come.</p><p>Some R15 000 was raised for the bursary fund.</p><p><b>This Week: </b>There is no meeting on Wednesday morning, it being a 5th Wednesday. There will be a social meeting at the Parkview Golf Club for drinks on Wednesday evening from 5.30pm. Details to follow.</p><p><b>A Thought for the Week: </b>The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet and Doctor Merryman. <b>- Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745)</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p></div>Mike Vinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653867327615471017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709299653484820679.post-44376996633215476932023-03-13T18:12:00.001+02:002023-03-13T18:12:34.268+02:00Treasure the Trees<p>Trees and travel were the themes touched on by Peter Delmar last week; trees because of his role in replacing trees in Parkview that are being killed off by the polyphagous shot hole borer beetle ("not the only evil thing we got from China" he said, referring to the coronavirus) and travel for his work as a travel writer.</p><p>Peter addressed the club last month as a member of the Parkview Residents Association's trees committee when Bruce Fordyce was the main speaker and told how the association had managed to get a donation of some 500 indigenous white stinkwood trees to replace the jacarandas and plane trees being decimated by the beetles.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAHLjoMU625yLfooKxwLG5WCPdltkV8WTK2rADfaQGVyTNX2J44db9hIksNz7NoBvxkQwTYs_2e2LJ_3MyBlNqcj-et4r46F4ykLE-TH2fPKLrdQ_iGODP34GilpInFDBTKy46n-fVbT-oHRneZayNBsgKeu3k0gfU9GIbS6cBqJnLPWZQUgAcCKHk/s944/619FF4AA-C5B0-42CA-8034-7BE123F3764D_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="638" data-original-width="944" height="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAHLjoMU625yLfooKxwLG5WCPdltkV8WTK2rADfaQGVyTNX2J44db9hIksNz7NoBvxkQwTYs_2e2LJ_3MyBlNqcj-et4r46F4ykLE-TH2fPKLrdQ_iGODP34GilpInFDBTKy46n-fVbT-oHRneZayNBsgKeu3k0gfU9GIbS6cBqJnLPWZQUgAcCKHk/w610-h385/619FF4AA-C5B0-42CA-8034-7BE123F3764D_1_201_a.jpeg" width="610" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Peter Delmar with myself, President Julian Nagy, PDG Jankees Sligcher and Graham Donet</span><p>The PRA are looking for donations of R450 a tree, plus R200 if you don't have a pavement to plant them in Parkview, or if you're not a Parkview resident and want to donate a tree in any case.</p><p>He went away (to go and watch the first day of the cricket against the Indies at the Wanderers, he said) with a promise that New Dawn would discuss the matter and that we're keen to make some kind of donation.</p><p>Peter then turned to his career in travel writing, or more to the point, he said, to App Development, because that is exactly what he's doing these days.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTH4Ol1t4YIs8um7v0ZoqpBsYJN1Q15PNAFIZBveF9EA7DriB2JsGgsqnkc3cjDBnRg8LZiyo1CbPD5r1gFbzzCitbfdT0tPHIIyEPQ00_3bgZ5LlewFJ3CT5tchvObf4v90tOv19c7HKxCd6tEYJx-VNqPymvoN_4wJoRvM_XrOsssnCR8dFKRfkM/s3948/3620FF72-34B8-48CE-B3B5-111C8A82804D_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2924" data-original-width="3948" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTH4Ol1t4YIs8um7v0ZoqpBsYJN1Q15PNAFIZBveF9EA7DriB2JsGgsqnkc3cjDBnRg8LZiyo1CbPD5r1gFbzzCitbfdT0tPHIIyEPQ00_3bgZ5LlewFJ3CT5tchvObf4v90tOv19c7HKxCd6tEYJx-VNqPymvoN_4wJoRvM_XrOsssnCR8dFKRfkM/w600-h330/3620FF72-34B8-48CE-B3B5-111C8A82804D_1_201_a.heic" width="600" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">A Set of Peter Delmar's books, which he kindly donated as a prize for the Bridge Drive</span><p>He wrote a series of travel books where he chooses a route and then describes landmarks and attractions on the route after having dug up some interesting facts and angles along the way.</p><p>These stories and anecdotes will become the meat and bones of a series of Apps he is developing so that the traveller can listen to them en route, now that almost all phones have geo-location abilities to know where you are at any given moment.</p><p>It sounds as if it has the potential to make many a long journey seem a lot shorter.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUwQqT3u09R_SV07X1at4irr4oyqN3MOpddejiREujmbMYNZk3rFLC-spiiCp_ZsnqS3NDCfapRMePR7oXQs13UsgJzX6Agj7K59NEyuOb1CBiIJGha1NdF-HfAoQS4Vdc4b8ed9GNMd3rWuWU3T6u08xGbEiwj25vZriKPsG0muJmTgs02Cs9Q7rc/s974/66722AFB-221D-4AE2-9BF2-E1FD024D705B_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="613" data-original-width="974" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUwQqT3u09R_SV07X1at4irr4oyqN3MOpddejiREujmbMYNZk3rFLC-spiiCp_ZsnqS3NDCfapRMePR7oXQs13UsgJzX6Agj7K59NEyuOb1CBiIJGha1NdF-HfAoQS4Vdc4b8ed9GNMd3rWuWU3T6u08xGbEiwj25vZriKPsG0muJmTgs02Cs9Q7rc/w611-h354/66722AFB-221D-4AE2-9BF2-E1FD024D705B_1_201_a.jpeg" width="611" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Peter at the podium with incoming president Mbali Zulu and Carol Stier</span><br /><p>Peter started off by telling how, while walking in George Hay Park with his pet Staffie, he started wondering who this George Hay was and what he'd done to deserve having a park named after him. He found out he'd been city councillor and chairman of the 1920s version of City Parks.</p><p>His name came up again while Peter was researching the 1922 Miners Strike for the centenary last year, especially an incident when an Air Force plane was shot down and had to make an emergency landing on the Parkview Golf Course, probably on what is now the 4th hole.</p><p>George Hay appears again in 1924 when he defeated Jan Smuts, the then Prime Minister, in his Irene constituency in the 1924 general election following a backlash amongst the electorate against the brutal suppression of the strike.</p><p>He told many more stories about the colourful past of the suburb and ended with a plea he received from the novelist Christopher Hope, who grew up there: Please treasure this "little piece of paradise" and keep it leafy green.</p><p>Peter is also the organiser of the Parkview Literary Festival which reappeared last year after a two-year Covid hiatus and will according to him be even bigger and better this year.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglXdrJrM-A1leV6hfSzREOG6v--tXa0vs-fsUr32NCDE1gMoz0kXU05uFfC97xIJJkTrWsgm_4supG0LBCKX5KY3rDkq9J1qnmHyU4m6zaVe4FpHBgHvWerIZMeT7OoXAuhIPxK9LRpaTrFNgcAOtXpuOOrqr-olmEZ_Hh-pWUyPpTrC04rqFPKnWP/s726/A1DE469C-9F7F-4616-8750-24AC28815C42_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="587" height="521" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglXdrJrM-A1leV6hfSzREOG6v--tXa0vs-fsUr32NCDE1gMoz0kXU05uFfC97xIJJkTrWsgm_4supG0LBCKX5KY3rDkq9J1qnmHyU4m6zaVe4FpHBgHvWerIZMeT7OoXAuhIPxK9LRpaTrFNgcAOtXpuOOrqr-olmEZ_Hh-pWUyPpTrC04rqFPKnWP/w477-h521/A1DE469C-9F7F-4616-8750-24AC28815C42_1_201_a.jpeg" width="477" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Barbara Angove and Babette Gallard at the meeting</span><p><b>And in other news ... </b>President Julian Nagy announced that Babette Gallard has been accepted to do a PhD in Creative Writing at Wits and is also getting involved in a major bio-diversity project in Limpopo, meaning that she's asked to be relieved of her pledge top become president after our now incoming president, Mbali Zulu.</p><p>She has, however said she's still willing to be secretary for Mbali's year.</p><p>In other feedback from the board meeting Carol Stier announced that she'd received a reconciliation for the Christmas Wrapping effort and that New Dawn will be gaining R10 000 for the hours members put in for that initiative in December, a princely sum indeed.</p><p><b>REMEMBER: </b>There is NO MEETING on Wednesday morning this week. Instead, the focus shifts to the Bridge Drive in Ferndale on Thursday morning.</p><p><b>A Thought for the Week: </b>We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand. <b>- Randy Pausch (1960 - 2008)</b></p><p><b>Another Thought for the Week: </b>Life is like a game of bridge. Only a dummy puts all her cards on the table. <b>- Florence Broadhurst (1899 - 1977)</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Mike Vinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653867327615471017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709299653484820679.post-11333515948345452492023-02-27T15:52:00.007+02:002023-02-27T16:28:17.041+02:00Ten Ways To See Joburg<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;">This week’s speaker was Sarah Barret, a Provincial Tour Guide introduced by fellow tour guide and New Dawn club member Wendy Challis<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy6IiOiCF8m1itIbAXYDyLOuR0Il3Nc_zXPns8JmtC8o2ZTmzA2kfUM7VfftuawoaNUu8znCflsDtbhgpSX68FCXqrSpyrHqzzigPGSJrZBxMVwBWoPVAeOkGSuePrm4QGdMhey3LABjfHATPGgFYnGkkAwwj1UB0G7SF0R_JhQ_lNKW6THXew2S0J/s198/215EDBF8-88A8-444E-8B4D-6364261BF8EB_4_5005_c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="198" data-original-width="107" height="737" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy6IiOiCF8m1itIbAXYDyLOuR0Il3Nc_zXPns8JmtC8o2ZTmzA2kfUM7VfftuawoaNUu8znCflsDtbhgpSX68FCXqrSpyrHqzzigPGSJrZBxMVwBWoPVAeOkGSuePrm4QGdMhey3LABjfHATPGgFYnGkkAwwj1UB0G7SF0R_JhQ_lNKW6THXew2S0J/w407-h737/215EDBF8-88A8-444E-8B4D-6364261BF8EB_4_5005_c.jpeg" width="407" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;"> Sarah Barret at the meeting</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;">She was introduced by Wendy Challis</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;">Sarah grew up in the Welsh countryside, after studying at university where she received a BSc Economic Honors. She got a holiday job in 1987 and fell accidently into the tourism business. This led her to work in tourism in the USA and London.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;">She had her own travel incentive company for eight years, designing individual travel experiences for corporate groups. She had made Johannesburg her home since 1992.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;">She does all different areas within the city and the suburbs, and she always covers a bit of art in her tours, so she has an extensive knowledge of art and artists, whether it be mosaic, sculptures, or graffiti, and this makes her tours really unique.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;">She finds Johannesburg an exciting, diverse and multi colourful African city. There is a lovely quote about Johannesburg: <i>“Johannesburg is the practice master of the endless pothole.” </i> Home to over 6 million residents and contributes about 15% of South Africa’s GDP.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;">"Like Sarah, I am also very passionate about Johannesburg and invite you to go on one of her tours, and I welcome her here today."</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;">Sarah based her talk to the club on 10 Ways to Explore Joburg: "Be a tourist in your own City."<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1A-11d2z-DaW7RKGjqiakRjdv16N0En6cmPHbUBywoEEJo1xsDWeM3jG9YN6KLGS6hAoHxXVFxo-uIuZOHvh3Lup1wslf_Ab8Bd3TQ6MBW-ksytlzWlVIYeRnBCTveGxAuo_YjT_20R_BuozJfm_SQdq_WXJsUJ-pg5KCC-eJ4eZiGVaothCwfvkc/s412/70382ECA-4143-4F97-B72C-9713910DEE1E_4_5005_c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="412" data-original-width="327" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1A-11d2z-DaW7RKGjqiakRjdv16N0En6cmPHbUBywoEEJo1xsDWeM3jG9YN6KLGS6hAoHxXVFxo-uIuZOHvh3Lup1wslf_Ab8Bd3TQ6MBW-ksytlzWlVIYeRnBCTveGxAuo_YjT_20R_BuozJfm_SQdq_WXJsUJ-pg5KCC-eJ4eZiGVaothCwfvkc/w426-h486/70382ECA-4143-4F97-B72C-9713910DEE1E_4_5005_c.jpeg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="font-size: medium; text-indent: -0.25in;">1 <b>Newtown </b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Market Theatre <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Sculpture of Kippie Moeketsi <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Sculpture of Brenda Fassie <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>380 People of Jozi wooden heads made of railway sleepers <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Piano keyboard on Mary Fitzgerald Square <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Mural of Miriam Makeba<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Deconstructed South African flag – gift from the Netherlands<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Shadow Boxer outside Chancellor House – Bob Fosani<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Sisulu sculpture</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZDOp9oZeHAPl_GbzSOGi5d-O0KI8QocTOHEdnxOrAOB_aEH1PtMF1pPFxLiOxYXqpjmWLSWCXegXqyI2bo8YseWLd9uiNKkopu3X5UIpNSg53MgrURpb6vvdGIsmK5npyCG_DFjQqH-i3MoygmYbST6c6C0zDGJ-CkWBNkIR-Lom-OtIgS4b318vQ/s362/73568085-893C-47B2-83C7-3890918392CB_4_5005_c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="161" data-original-width="362" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZDOp9oZeHAPl_GbzSOGi5d-O0KI8QocTOHEdnxOrAOB_aEH1PtMF1pPFxLiOxYXqpjmWLSWCXegXqyI2bo8YseWLd9uiNKkopu3X5UIpNSg53MgrURpb6vvdGIsmK5npyCG_DFjQqH-i3MoygmYbST6c6C0zDGJ-CkWBNkIR-Lom-OtIgS4b318vQ/w585-h244/73568085-893C-47B2-83C7-3890918392CB_4_5005_c.jpeg" width="585" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; text-indent: -0.25in;">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><b>Marshalltown</b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Anglo American building – then an anchor representing steadfast power and permanence<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Leaping Impala sculpture<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Gold nugget sculpture<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Ferreira mine stope<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Gandhi sculpture on Gandhi Square<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Rand Club<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguzFuNn0ooWdvR_RMWzANj-S3-kbxd7s0xTyWzg_WnTLjDQM2UGxzN8VmcOuFSCjHWJRB5eV_a93nFh7veDlTZUl5_9tl9h656RnC9aTmmpftyFAaHNV243ezR8qOkvq0F1m5_lFXxuImjEPQjxT0M-5ObE2UK0GZ7FBQ5kXbOC17JwEjwUlbtZv2n/s332/684CA69A-9CE5-4B16-ADF7-95CCB6389CED_4_5005_c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="282" data-original-width="332" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguzFuNn0ooWdvR_RMWzANj-S3-kbxd7s0xTyWzg_WnTLjDQM2UGxzN8VmcOuFSCjHWJRB5eV_a93nFh7veDlTZUl5_9tl9h656RnC9aTmmpftyFAaHNV243ezR8qOkvq0F1m5_lFXxuImjEPQjxT0M-5ObE2UK0GZ7FBQ5kXbOC17JwEjwUlbtZv2n/w487-h356/684CA69A-9CE5-4B16-ADF7-95CCB6389CED_4_5005_c.jpeg" width="487" /></a></div><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; text-indent: -0.25in;">3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>Braamfontein</p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Sculpture of eland – representation of an eland on a corner where it has long since disappeared<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Nelson Mandela Bridge and 16 steel flowers<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Kitchener’s Bar<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Nzunzu/Ndundza by Hannelie Coetzee<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Adam Levy<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Braamfontein litter bins<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Kiwi graffiti<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Little Artists studio – Edward Selematsela – since 1995<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Wits Art Museum<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>JFF rooftop farm, Indwe Park, Great Dane and graffiti<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVYOT9o_miIZOEJjanM_jRx_f4vkkibBRe-cIdAlp2zdouCqfDDAYi1JbhNpd1B1zw17LfSXunpES0GLErJJDlilFlspGofffiTkTDNIWvXroEjl1pxe-tdk2hz0UMwxKtPZB2G-PUioHTCydIUtNIFCfpc-aHlSMxb_aYKF3x9wOQM00JI6-wJN6L/s368/20CF2349-B1F8-4EAD-9FAA-3C1E1479A42D_4_5005_c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="359" data-original-width="368" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVYOT9o_miIZOEJjanM_jRx_f4vkkibBRe-cIdAlp2zdouCqfDDAYi1JbhNpd1B1zw17LfSXunpES0GLErJJDlilFlspGofffiTkTDNIWvXroEjl1pxe-tdk2hz0UMwxKtPZB2G-PUioHTCydIUtNIFCfpc-aHlSMxb_aYKF3x9wOQM00JI6-wJN6L/w488-h370/20CF2349-B1F8-4EAD-9FAA-3C1E1479A42D_4_5005_c.jpeg" width="488" /></a></div><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; text-indent: -0.25in;"><o:p></o:p></p><b>Troyeville</b><br /><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Troyeville Hotel<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>The Troyeville House<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Gandhi’s house<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>David Webster’s house<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Mosaic by Andrew Lindsay to commemorate the 1922 miners’ strike<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Views<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Colourful sights<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Victoria Yards<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMd44JpeADLDzdYxFtaQhRoFFX0rusEtaQQKS8HjoiJT6QkENL26TaZBeqKNaekS8SETNTvmr4opDegr5IpdNbCe-wE7RTdNO83FkM5r1aSTjoPy9dtVrSvK295TNv43CTg8lQTsXgnzQy8tt-7n6FdFcfsaRJh42VqrHO2H1fXRTiVL6mDg7-hZBF/s318/6117679E-85D9-4ECC-A2B2-43BFF508AA87_4_5005_c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="318" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMd44JpeADLDzdYxFtaQhRoFFX0rusEtaQQKS8HjoiJT6QkENL26TaZBeqKNaekS8SETNTvmr4opDegr5IpdNbCe-wE7RTdNO83FkM5r1aSTjoPy9dtVrSvK295TNv43CTg8lQTsXgnzQy8tt-7n6FdFcfsaRJh42VqrHO2H1fXRTiVL6mDg7-hZBF/w475-h370/6117679E-85D9-4ECC-A2B2-43BFF508AA87_4_5005_c.jpeg" width="475" /></a></div><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; text-indent: -0.25in;">5.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><b>Maboneng and Jewel City</b> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Collectors Treasurery<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>The Cosmopolitan<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Street art by Dbongz, Nelson Makamo and Nard Star<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Family with dog, Children about to swim and Bachelor party<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Jewel City scenes<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Roots mural by Dbongz<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Views from Hallmark House<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfwYXG5mXx36pUVIHu4UOd6sOZwi0HpaKZ4Iijw_0rNfYCjc3X1MR7lVtXZgdRoHUCoPdXHRFntPh9cxjaivEK3nFjcYLbCocTtqUIEn3lQetZvaNxqLI4i0dNNIO9GQ6mJwXLKuRvYuirXtaSPeEoONE1RwmIhS1OX6zfQIWytbXot1_v1QyeS7Y3/s260/C14B3903-9E9C-436C-9982-FD14002B78B9_4_5005_c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="227" data-original-width="260" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfwYXG5mXx36pUVIHu4UOd6sOZwi0HpaKZ4Iijw_0rNfYCjc3X1MR7lVtXZgdRoHUCoPdXHRFntPh9cxjaivEK3nFjcYLbCocTtqUIEn3lQetZvaNxqLI4i0dNNIO9GQ6mJwXLKuRvYuirXtaSPeEoONE1RwmIhS1OX6zfQIWytbXot1_v1QyeS7Y3/w534-h372/C14B3903-9E9C-436C-9982-FD14002B78B9_4_5005_c.jpeg" width="534" /></a></div><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; text-indent: -0.25in;">6.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> <b> </b></span><b>Tours with a Focus on Art</b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Goodman Gallery<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Johannesburg Contemporary Art Foundation<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Rose Fire Station<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Living Artists Emporium<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Kim Sacks Gallery<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Arthur Dlamini – photographer<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>The Leonardo<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Printing Press at l’Atelier @ 44 Stanley<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Ethopian woman mural by Dbongz<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUtOWPNoHG5bvHpmtHIwojr5fWPhemS7o1_Wst67uzVKj5jOfJ995u0-pwTBXc_ELb_ERDEoCBzNszmRZAg3cGB5jYV-3_niM2j1NesPE-834PzLW4gePiiJ7rlpTQAFWMJxdcOYHdUJg2HmXhYcchnAtW0wzlIw0SmuZ7qirItFhgIq6OyVFTkp98/s330/E6889993-9479-44D8-96DB-348F3A514F02_4_5005_c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="233" data-original-width="330" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUtOWPNoHG5bvHpmtHIwojr5fWPhemS7o1_Wst67uzVKj5jOfJ995u0-pwTBXc_ELb_ERDEoCBzNszmRZAg3cGB5jYV-3_niM2j1NesPE-834PzLW4gePiiJ7rlpTQAFWMJxdcOYHdUJg2HmXhYcchnAtW0wzlIw0SmuZ7qirItFhgIq6OyVFTkp98/w495-h335/E6889993-9479-44D8-96DB-348F3A514F02_4_5005_c.jpeg" width="495" /></a></div><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; text-indent: -0.25in;">7.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><b>Soweto </b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Colleague, Tshepo<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Soweto Theatre<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Baragwanath market<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Vilakazi sign language<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Orlando cooling towers<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Places to eat: Native Rebels, Vilakazi Café, and Chez Alina (with cooking lesson)<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbJkVjohT-NqyNfdeNtv_ulNyiVxIGhfN0g1zEx7E5sv9XeMNDPtGdNLb5nJqHaKN3oSqHAHgdumqnn8eSwRAkX4hby-CAfZNMuVtqo9pcR8ZfMVynsQ5gnCzM1j1ome4On5zQMCEIEgQjcrHzs23kdA6AR8icV9fx58IEr7UUHT_ackMG6bZL14J/s292/675BB068-5AFF-4585-97D6-C482393B653E_4_5005_c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="257" data-original-width="292" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbJkVjohT-NqyNfdeNtv_ulNyiVxIGhfN0g1zEx7E5sv9XeMNDPtGdNLb5nJqHaKN3oSqHAHgdumqnn8eSwRAkX4hby-CAfZNMuVtqo9pcR8ZfMVynsQ5gnCzM1j1ome4On5zQMCEIEgQjcrHzs23kdA6AR8icV9fx58IEr7UUHT_ackMG6bZL14J/w491-h365/675BB068-5AFF-4585-97D6-C482393B653E_4_5005_c.jpeg" width="491" /></a></div><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; text-indent: -0.25in;">8.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><b>Cradle of Humankind – 3.6m years</b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Rhino and Lion Park<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Cradle Moon<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Ground Café<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Malapa Museum<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Malapa Beetle<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Sterkfontein Caves<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Nirox Sculpture Park<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEEoFGwmO9Ab-8RiqMgw84CwkcwJM4qUnmREpJlnPVwYDfbXZljC8hlxSgwIeg_8Y_IFXETTYI-W4wVNfbh-8kclbCUjhU2fSvCeDe84fv3r2JWgjGmmvobe0N5VRr1TVSjMP5ol40MtSrPLyGzaqL9_MtJdS0CNEVE_BCLXcNREJvwQgMCeb0eWKL/s248/06C10715-61B4-412E-88E2-39BF72AA0BD7_4_5005_c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="248" data-original-width="173" height="397" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEEoFGwmO9Ab-8RiqMgw84CwkcwJM4qUnmREpJlnPVwYDfbXZljC8hlxSgwIeg_8Y_IFXETTYI-W4wVNfbh-8kclbCUjhU2fSvCeDe84fv3r2JWgjGmmvobe0N5VRr1TVSjMP5ol40MtSrPLyGzaqL9_MtJdS0CNEVE_BCLXcNREJvwQgMCeb0eWKL/w473-h397/06C10715-61B4-412E-88E2-39BF72AA0BD7_4_5005_c.jpeg" width="473" /></a></div><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; text-indent: -0.25in;">9.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><b>Constitution Hill</b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>The Old Fort<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Women’s Jail<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>No 4<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Court Interior<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Tribute to Robert Sobukwe, Ahmed Kathrada, Albie Sachs, Joe Slovo, Ester Barsel & Rabbi Davin Masinter<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbuPRZqhEdPZMWzM81HYCAFnozc0t0cf5yGBFeHUGMPwIn91--GVFarOhWRd3HERZuN53V_4H-x_23y6Mk2FJ_HkVVloygws-IQZEKHmE2e1kPDqe81bsPNe3JGHjMHN7If0pR0GE3K_IcFFgJc9ghDjd2nncTXVWuMuGno9G6mxJ5ysjG5RSG7MYF/s208/1C363364-07E8-4540-9529-6F85DA7D214D_4_5005_c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>The Holocaust & Genocide Centre<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Wits Art Museum<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Workers’ Museum<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; 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</style>Mike Vinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653867327615471017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709299653484820679.post-56504576494144352332023-02-20T16:11:00.002+02:002023-02-20T16:11:33.707+02:00Stronger, Braver and More Determined<p>After your first Comrades Marathon, you become a stronger, braver, more determined person, the ultra-marathon superstar Bruce Fordyce said at the meeting last week. He could say the same after his first talk to Rotary New Dawn in October last year, because Bruce came back stronger, certainly braver and more determined than ever to entertain while sending a powerful message of the <i>vasbyt </i>it takes to be a winner.</p><p>"For the real winners there are no finish lines," he quoted the American author and columnist Harvey Mackay.</p><p>He pointed to the room and said even in Rotary you need to be a leader; to lead the club, to lead a project, to lead a fundraising effort. Don't wait for it to come to you, go out and grab the opportunities, Bruce said.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizm4c2tBg61VRnDECzDK8epotNRogRQ1q_WSosoeBRNqIhwmLnZlGKIzZ00EZRnHh6_HzQgUCDkyfUo1CaW5XraVI-OZnhMlGDeVIRPTGcguvltMhBoS-P7R_GiLlyb_Qqz4cnsh0WECn4m-PT0qYMVgG2WHsGp3B6jBumCPPntrCSKQ0yCshxL9t9/s844/0673D72A-0234-4A8E-A5F5-1E9E249065BC_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="593" data-original-width="844" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizm4c2tBg61VRnDECzDK8epotNRogRQ1q_WSosoeBRNqIhwmLnZlGKIzZ00EZRnHh6_HzQgUCDkyfUo1CaW5XraVI-OZnhMlGDeVIRPTGcguvltMhBoS-P7R_GiLlyb_Qqz4cnsh0WECn4m-PT0qYMVgG2WHsGp3B6jBumCPPntrCSKQ0yCshxL9t9/w614-h395/0673D72A-0234-4A8E-A5F5-1E9E249065BC_1_201_a.jpeg" width="614" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">PDG Jankees Sligcher with President Julian Nagy and Bruce Fordyce, speaker for the evening</span><p>It took him five attempts at the Comrades before he won the first of his nine gold medals, he said. Training consisted of typically running 160 to 240 km a week at an average of 3 minutes 30 seconds to 3 minutes 45 seconds a kilometre.</p><p>The meeting was held in the evening at the Parkview Golf Club instead of the normal breakfast meeting and turned out to be a very festive, well-attended occasion.</p><p>The more than 80 people there will agree that it was a typical New Dawn evening of fellowship and fun, mixed with a successful bout of fundraising through the raffle of Jeni Lobel's Norman Catherine signed and numbered print. Altogether 26 tickets - 15 on Wednesday evening - were sold for R1000 each, meaning R26000 towards the New Dawn bursary fund that will be set up with the Alexandra Education Committee under the watchful eye of Paul Channon, director of the AEC and a club member.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5wqJgF3AxDECJHCsV_Xvpj0EK_w1VJPEYxC6D0103_YpMX6zRKL_y-cq4RtnQfhWqVhILl0Nppe1NKUkLwjwuvftS_CyM_jn3oD3qeZuhrAfl6lASNz7OqdOthdTGSW5yyVL6CBycuUwChijEtAZjRXv68duRQwRshJ5EQIbYqGhca9gu35G510m0/s1024/14C9E43B-0A90-477B-9AB8-6F6AA4301B86_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="659" data-original-width="1024" height="347" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5wqJgF3AxDECJHCsV_Xvpj0EK_w1VJPEYxC6D0103_YpMX6zRKL_y-cq4RtnQfhWqVhILl0Nppe1NKUkLwjwuvftS_CyM_jn3oD3qeZuhrAfl6lASNz7OqdOthdTGSW5yyVL6CBycuUwChijEtAZjRXv68duRQwRshJ5EQIbYqGhca9gu35G510m0/w612-h347/14C9E43B-0A90-477B-9AB8-6F6AA4301B86_1_201_a.jpeg" width="612" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Joan Donet, President Julian and Greta Schuler with the Norman Catherine print</span><br /><p>Greta Schuler, all the way from St Louis, Missouri in the USA and in South Africa for a family wedding (she's our daughter-in-law) won the print and was beyond delighted to have done so.</p><p>She's already trying to work out the best way to ship it across the ocean.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSoNRUiDWsFq8IUNR9mflHpC8HCmww1GTlwKegJTiEEzodPwHddRG7RCVbgL5y08s_Ip3gEyuUeTZC01eGhSyeU7f_tBediffcuX6DbGV8JgDDZREzHo44Lp8Kdzfxl1JDqYDBRa_SvjujOYieLVjBJeDV277n_3M7B8NqxUGAfA9NcT9b20jHwrAo/s1024/B0FF8A65-CFF2-4DB2-B78C-ED4DBC1A5FFA_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="1024" height="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSoNRUiDWsFq8IUNR9mflHpC8HCmww1GTlwKegJTiEEzodPwHddRG7RCVbgL5y08s_Ip3gEyuUeTZC01eGhSyeU7f_tBediffcuX6DbGV8JgDDZREzHo44Lp8Kdzfxl1JDqYDBRa_SvjujOYieLVjBJeDV277n_3M7B8NqxUGAfA9NcT9b20jHwrAo/w609-h385/B0FF8A65-CFF2-4DB2-B78C-ED4DBC1A5FFA_1_201_a.jpeg" width="609" /></a><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small; text-align: left;">Carl Chemaly, Jenine Coetzer and Steve du Plessis received honorary membership from President Julian</span></div><p>The evening started of on a festive note when President Julian Nagy announced that the club had decided to bestow honorary membership on three ex-members who have left New Dawn for various reasons. They are Carl Chemaly and the couple Jenine Coetzer and Steve du Plessis. </p><p>Steve is a past president of the Rotary Club of Johannesburg New Dawn and both he and Jenine are Paul Harris Fellows with deep roots in Rotary. We hope to see more of all three of them in the future and all three have pledged their support for New Dawn projects.</p><p>Although New Dawn is sad to see them go, this is one way of keeping strong ties alive.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidyl1OSfspPOvLQmpxhvEMWAtRH1EE3zioM07C4qA92jR4Z0L0TEQqUvaZ_2LSjsVO0IaxcIITO-SA9BXal-BCmFZLnRI6gjsF6_bqWdxkGq3uDvq7Kj1RoZweQO-DFLhukB8kUbcOUujZaRRpDFo5y60WgMDtYJtbVp2M2LIEhOf7Aecz0RMIA5kY/s764/D3F82431-2F25-4841-86DB-DB1EC1AEA2F8_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="764" data-original-width="516" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidyl1OSfspPOvLQmpxhvEMWAtRH1EE3zioM07C4qA92jR4Z0L0TEQqUvaZ_2LSjsVO0IaxcIITO-SA9BXal-BCmFZLnRI6gjsF6_bqWdxkGq3uDvq7Kj1RoZweQO-DFLhukB8kUbcOUujZaRRpDFo5y60WgMDtYJtbVp2M2LIEhOf7Aecz0RMIA5kY/w341-h482/D3F82431-2F25-4841-86DB-DB1EC1AEA2F8_1_201_a.jpeg" width="341" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Peter Delmar of Parkview</span><br /><p>In the spirit of community the journalist, author and entrepreneur and member of the Parkview Residents Association Peter Delmar was given a short slot to tell those present that the PRA had managed to get hold of 500 indigenous white stinkwood trees and were looking for sponsors to help replace the thousands of Parkview trees infected by shot hole borer beetles over the past few years.</p><p>Bruce ended off his talk with a powerful performance of a poem he has written incorporating Comrades Marathon lore for the start of this year's race.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9GPCqHtd3KhA5ESfdjglFkLGCD_EcfK99VVbJptsPoG3xO7U1GkMPuUIdkxdv8t59PXILPcQV5xus5Jq3lh8vtyWI9OxoEzw4KYHxjafarqnP-LT0gDkaHKFU8IjO70LyXn1QMhMKwN3qUk56SOgEFiuMM_yPa8GYRAs3AKcXDxZ59v09cLfJyoAk/s1600/B3015FE6-E999-45D3-B583-D0FF55AA5D51.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1271" data-original-width="1600" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9GPCqHtd3KhA5ESfdjglFkLGCD_EcfK99VVbJptsPoG3xO7U1GkMPuUIdkxdv8t59PXILPcQV5xus5Jq3lh8vtyWI9OxoEzw4KYHxjafarqnP-LT0gDkaHKFU8IjO70LyXn1QMhMKwN3qUk56SOgEFiuMM_yPa8GYRAs3AKcXDxZ59v09cLfJyoAk/w632-h378/B3015FE6-E999-45D3-B583-D0FF55AA5D51.jpeg" width="632" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Nomsa Khoza, Mpho Mogotsi, Susy Sibanda, EAP Tsholofelo, Mat Pitjeng, Mona Coetzee and Moira Jacobs</span><br /><p>Quite a few visitors took the Valentines Day theme to heart, like the group above, here posing with club members Mpho Mogotsi, Mrs Universe Africa 2022 and Mat Pitjeng.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgER9g-yd5b03Y88IZ8ePobZvcSCJFEfXKLMYRcW_1vspz7IP2qhsHZlq0lXXbbS-mTKq46gT0eDzxxtlYSXSdHDJ8z8XPM8Oq-AlScbyIDxK80vJnFjYpsxiV6q3DVIlfzmPKj7LxxsAmbUREyoXhQpK_1P99mCvay5GjKY9vLtUGaFZ5Uqr7nk4rx/s847/9EEEF1F0-2EF6-4A5B-8FF6-C67AAE805F18_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="847" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgER9g-yd5b03Y88IZ8ePobZvcSCJFEfXKLMYRcW_1vspz7IP2qhsHZlq0lXXbbS-mTKq46gT0eDzxxtlYSXSdHDJ8z8XPM8Oq-AlScbyIDxK80vJnFjYpsxiV6q3DVIlfzmPKj7LxxsAmbUREyoXhQpK_1P99mCvay5GjKY9vLtUGaFZ5Uqr7nk4rx/w464-h293/9EEEF1F0-2EF6-4A5B-8FF6-C67AAE805F18_1_201_a.jpeg" width="464" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Adele Dabbs invited Leigh Eastwood to the dinner</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj7J4lwOJJrv6pcjBg-n-Ic2iWDHQatHXQV8_ggDl0NajEEc0XTgWJ84nRTcqraHXy5ZPHMQh1ysMrxwKRJo4zhTgD9Ej8P_jQ0xpdiPiHTMBgagd1n1hwVjA9iLRs_f50RBHjW1mad6dHk1jCZqYPJ4zPLaCwmlFV99vxaj3PO2GHHIt_3KDdSonX/s1301/4DFA0157-C0F0-4260-BD8A-4572EBCD8FC9_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="1301" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj7J4lwOJJrv6pcjBg-n-Ic2iWDHQatHXQV8_ggDl0NajEEc0XTgWJ84nRTcqraHXy5ZPHMQh1ysMrxwKRJo4zhTgD9Ej8P_jQ0xpdiPiHTMBgagd1n1hwVjA9iLRs_f50RBHjW1mad6dHk1jCZqYPJ4zPLaCwmlFV99vxaj3PO2GHHIt_3KDdSonX/w582-h262/4DFA0157-C0F0-4260-BD8A-4572EBCD8FC9_1_201_a.jpeg" width="582" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Paul Channon, Paul Kasango, Ronnie Kasrils and Nic Stier</span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7QOZD2gLtaLlMOLC0L8Ogq-JF9bLqk41lf_W14eW_OQMMtphOr1uFgrvVK0_bYpZqL2dNMvliHFHH9sg1BAI6F23ZSdHAjXlsCz-i84oa70VA35P-aROuukitUvwl1m03zzOULjfiIaYuG6bVxq_lXvNJtSlLkDgHRCWDRDdzLMbzuv6fXseJ3q6m/s1600/6235622E-A39C-4E6E-96F5-A7844CE76487.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1592" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7QOZD2gLtaLlMOLC0L8Ogq-JF9bLqk41lf_W14eW_OQMMtphOr1uFgrvVK0_bYpZqL2dNMvliHFHH9sg1BAI6F23ZSdHAjXlsCz-i84oa70VA35P-aROuukitUvwl1m03zzOULjfiIaYuG6bVxq_lXvNJtSlLkDgHRCWDRDdzLMbzuv6fXseJ3q6m/w393-h345/6235622E-A39C-4E6E-96F5-A7844CE76487.jpeg" width="393" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Wendy Challis admiring the flowers</span></div><div><p><b>Rotary Moment: </b>After providing massive humanitarian aid to the war torn Ukraine, Rotary responded with speed to the earthquake disaster that struck Turkey and Syria earlier this month, killing tens of thousands of people. Immediate disaster relief to districts and clubs in the affected area to the tune of $125 000 was announced and Rotarians all over the world have been urged to contribute to the Turkey/Syria Disaster Response Fund. All donations to Rotary International from now until the end of March will go to the relief fund.</p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoOpzcu6knS0Pb6svwsJKxm5Y0Sfvzw-70yolWNuMACZNReEKAMaJrCOBDz3YjKpB7n3vN7aTzL8esvk-btownMLm1R47CAqRM_b4czb8fr4UYLv-QO8xCOdOPS3ffTnZc16CHjHcAOw13-WpVhUqdpoR7LWYzDDM84CMFYjlVJ9UaN6yYj07L_RCC/s919/0E52F67E-3FB0-42AD-B103-288D8E75AF9B_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="596" height="587" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoOpzcu6knS0Pb6svwsJKxm5Y0Sfvzw-70yolWNuMACZNReEKAMaJrCOBDz3YjKpB7n3vN7aTzL8esvk-btownMLm1R47CAqRM_b4czb8fr4UYLv-QO8xCOdOPS3ffTnZc16CHjHcAOw13-WpVhUqdpoR7LWYzDDM84CMFYjlVJ9UaN6yYj07L_RCC/w402-h587/0E52F67E-3FB0-42AD-B103-288D8E75AF9B_1_201_a.jpeg" width="402" /></a></b></div><b> </b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Sarah Barret, the speaker for Wednesday</span><br /><b> </b><p></p><p><b>This Week:</b> The speaker at the normal breakfast meeting this week is Sarah Barret, who will be speaking about the tours of Johannesburg she organises.</p><p><b>A Thought for the Week: </b>The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up<b>. - Paul Valery (1871 - 1945)</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p></div>Mike Vinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653867327615471017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709299653484820679.post-90376249206176259742023-02-11T14:18:00.001+02:002023-02-11T14:18:22.525+02:00A New Leader, A New Era<p>Mbali Zulu didn't hesitate for a second when asked whether he would be willing to put his name forward as the incoming president of the Rotary Club of Johannesburg New Dawn.</p><p>"I'd be honoured," was his response and again over Zoom at the meeting this week.</p><p>As is usually the case, there was much discussion with possible candidates, much cajoling and arm-twisting but for various reasons those targeted were unwilling or unable to take on the job.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjogGyN4u9z65f7SPXtMtn9wtbYQetMsQvX3u5JkvbqW1uq7ZZ4Gu71-hoalKh_A1w-A1OW6IiO5s1TeI1pn_gvMqJ1wainNRNF6eTlcxl2oHw6jtKOOmoQu-48Ie2lK-sEIWIF0hV4XHrShcnDPSI0IXU0nf0HXoQscfMh4XOgfWqWnOm4XAatno4s/s1600/d0577743-d6a9-4ef8-9630-83b94300efdd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="976" height="731" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjogGyN4u9z65f7SPXtMtn9wtbYQetMsQvX3u5JkvbqW1uq7ZZ4Gu71-hoalKh_A1w-A1OW6IiO5s1TeI1pn_gvMqJ1wainNRNF6eTlcxl2oHw6jtKOOmoQu-48Ie2lK-sEIWIF0hV4XHrShcnDPSI0IXU0nf0HXoQscfMh4XOgfWqWnOm4XAatno4s/w497-h731/d0577743-d6a9-4ef8-9630-83b94300efdd.jpg" width="497" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">President-elect Mbali Zulu with PDG Annemarie Mostert at the end-of-year function</span><p>It's not an easy task, the main reason that the presidency in an ideal world should be composed of a triumvirate of three; the president-elect, the president and the immediate past president, all of whom should serve actively on the board.</p><p>Current president Julian Nagy promised Mbali his support and that of the club members. He also announced that Babette Gallard has provisionally agreed to be president after Mbali and that she and husband Paul Chinn would both serve on the new board after the beginning of July.</p><p>Babette said if she gets the chance to serve, she would make the environment her focus of attention.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_WxlB5bnUcifkI8OfK5xZ1dwBV2f9jy94jzDFq1BVcq31LGlTbFUyJi8F5xNlqACsElXeskTYwIa3VH9Km6o1GCHDxDy8SoBYcPTRjqmTZPOrpKEOhRxe6iEi-VCEyw6KjIJvovL1GZXm0JD3u2Bqso2j_SjCxSQWjyxw8Cx1OebL4u3eBCblgne5/s683/7CE95244-1657-43D8-A1C7-B7842848CF02_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="441" height="624" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_WxlB5bnUcifkI8OfK5xZ1dwBV2f9jy94jzDFq1BVcq31LGlTbFUyJi8F5xNlqACsElXeskTYwIa3VH9Km6o1GCHDxDy8SoBYcPTRjqmTZPOrpKEOhRxe6iEi-VCEyw6KjIJvovL1GZXm0JD3u2Bqso2j_SjCxSQWjyxw8Cx1OebL4u3eBCblgne5/w471-h624/7CE95244-1657-43D8-A1C7-B7842848CF02_1_201_a.jpeg" width="471" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Paul Chinn and Babette Gallard at a meeting last year</span><p>"I understand the responsibility and look forward to working with the old hands to try and steer the club in the right direction.</p><p>"I'm excited and looking forward to the task ahead. I will do my best," Mbali said on Zoom at the meeting where his candidature was announced.</p><p>Because there were no other nominations for the role of president, Mbali will now be able to attend the Presidents and Officers-Elect training later this month (there is an alternative session in March) and start preparing to lead the club.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3igiBC0lXyWajPiQZ5BW3ZYEeOGl1Dah8UU6lsfdQxxV9Q1lTw8_yl10yQXH8ZxhyzBSSlTGiB_QmC70_TN03c3hU2fYxLgnHFNATnxS7nYbKt7Vfm6u2g1JMe-CxUlghIe4KW4o1gQ4M17hHYEr67ANQKhue3CO6lfnhG2TiZtbrPfdhJTO_Kdg/s464/223C76FF-937D-4082-A5BB-C320E372641B_4_5005_c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="344" data-original-width="464" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3igiBC0lXyWajPiQZ5BW3ZYEeOGl1Dah8UU6lsfdQxxV9Q1lTw8_yl10yQXH8ZxhyzBSSlTGiB_QmC70_TN03c3hU2fYxLgnHFNATnxS7nYbKt7Vfm6u2g1JMe-CxUlghIe4KW4o1gQ4M17hHYEr67ANQKhue3CO6lfnhG2TiZtbrPfdhJTO_Kdg/w604-h410/223C76FF-937D-4082-A5BB-C320E372641B_4_5005_c.jpeg" width="604" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Jenine Coetzer (back) and Steve du Plessis (right) with Joan Donet and Julian Nagy in 2018</span><br /><p>Continuing with his discussion off the board meeting the previous week, President Julian also announced that the board had decided to recommend that honorary membership be given to Jenine Coetzer and Steve du Plessis, both former members of the club. Steve is a past president and both are Paul Harris Fellows.</p><p>Carl Chemaly, who has resigned from the club due to time pressure, will also become an honorary member. All three will be honoured at the meeting this coming Wednesday, when Bruce Fordyce will be the speaker at an evening meeting at the Parkview Golf Club.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjoV1beU0CVSt1z0yU6y72KMwnj48Xk0AWj-1uZ6HagDK9WcdLugl7cJlCHK_qZ3H0n97tvBT4mNxL06TsRshz0pU68huLNE1tdRMqKQQTImw-E0fFDMlsBJ_J-etIBIXjB8Lo86UJBCCD3tXlB09P00UjOlemzdjyrjvP2MY0TMQgkwic_KPb3QeX/s1000/BFD2A133-28B3-427A-BA12-572C07EE83CE.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="707" height="585" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjoV1beU0CVSt1z0yU6y72KMwnj48Xk0AWj-1uZ6HagDK9WcdLugl7cJlCHK_qZ3H0n97tvBT4mNxL06TsRshz0pU68huLNE1tdRMqKQQTImw-E0fFDMlsBJ_J-etIBIXjB8Lo86UJBCCD3tXlB09P00UjOlemzdjyrjvP2MY0TMQgkwic_KPb3QeX/w443-h585/BFD2A133-28B3-427A-BA12-572C07EE83CE.jpeg" width="443" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">A reminder of the meeting next week</span><div><p>There will be many guests and President Julian asked that as many members as possible should attend the meeting, especially those who have a problem with attending early in the morning.</p><p>Bruce Fordyce is an entertaining speaker, as we learnt when he spoke to the club last year. He will no doubt relish the opportunity to speak to a wider audience.</p><p>The social committee has asked members to pay for the curry buffet by Monday (February 13th).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRGlZRjehz67zoaAF_4qOhOrIXdWDM_-y4ZAYHBXhDIEOT97hjGaSYGy0lZPPCjxuIk-AtZSDv6nOyhWvDiWxmJmkT2PiNubVK29l6Hwq7cYsgEMuQD5XtW3zasMeS0TUbzz26KUJD3E6CxZLByCAqcKGlNucGF4XlzQm8-_YHcmjGd26TLaa2dIsL/s1024/939FF61F-A8D4-460A-9CA8-5C8E5431D01F.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="331" data-original-width="1024" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRGlZRjehz67zoaAF_4qOhOrIXdWDM_-y4ZAYHBXhDIEOT97hjGaSYGy0lZPPCjxuIk-AtZSDv6nOyhWvDiWxmJmkT2PiNubVK29l6Hwq7cYsgEMuQD5XtW3zasMeS0TUbzz26KUJD3E6CxZLByCAqcKGlNucGF4XlzQm8-_YHcmjGd26TLaa2dIsL/w632-h265/939FF61F-A8D4-460A-9CA8-5C8E5431D01F.jpeg" width="632" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">The entry form for the raffle, over the Norman Catherine print</span><br /><p>The draw for the framed Norman Catherine artwork, a numbered (No. 3 of just 30) and signed print on silk, will also take place on Wednesday night. Fifteen tickets have already been sold and at R1000 a ticket, that is a significant amount of money. We're aiming at a minimum of thirty tickets, so please enter if you can afford to, and tell your friends and family about this great opportunity to own a work by one of South Africa's best known artists.</p><p><b>A Thought for the Week: </b>There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either.<b> - Robert Graves (1895 - 1985)</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></b></p><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Mike Vinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653867327615471017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709299653484820679.post-82122354652507878012023-02-02T16:11:00.002+02:002023-02-02T16:11:53.173+02:00Expanding the Rotay Community<p>With no fewer than twelve Community Corps affiliated with his Rotary Club of Waterkloof in Pretoria and another two that the club has helped mentor with the Rotary Baobab e-Club, District Governor Nominee George Senosha knows what he's talking about when he addresses the subject of Rotary Community Corps.</p><p>DGN George, who will be District Governor of D9400 in 2024/2025, would also be able to talk with insight about the hospitality industry - he came up the ranks and was introduced to Rotary when he was general manager of a hotel in Warmbaths which hosted the Rotary Club of Warmbaths. He also progressed in the retail industry, as first manager and then owner of Pick n Pay stores, becoming the first black owner of a Pick n Pay franchise in South Africa.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA1sa8S_DpR69GZehClgtXCF65SYkFJldUawKeUfqwszX3U_bM7SkNJDQgIZZ8FXKPsS8mY8XNQDB8Op55uOizK3Iub7SWWmthEu9iR3GUXrKfxIYYGpmbw9KsDfS2O_APD8X54f9_S6S0ga_sSsq0brnImy0xwT2HtwJM3nvA45CeuPzQdhi6O8NT/s1024/361EDF0B-BE0B-4190-8E16-42BB1927813C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA1sa8S_DpR69GZehClgtXCF65SYkFJldUawKeUfqwszX3U_bM7SkNJDQgIZZ8FXKPsS8mY8XNQDB8Op55uOizK3Iub7SWWmthEu9iR3GUXrKfxIYYGpmbw9KsDfS2O_APD8X54f9_S6S0ga_sSsq0brnImy0xwT2HtwJM3nvA45CeuPzQdhi6O8NT/w645-h436/361EDF0B-BE0B-4190-8E16-42BB1927813C.jpeg" width="645" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">PDG Jankees Sligcher hands over a New Dawn umbrella to DGN George Shenosa, with President Julian Nagy</span><p>It was on the topic of Community Corps that DGN George, who has twice been president of the Waterkloof club, addressed the club at the meeting this week.</p><p>A Community Corps consists of volunteers who undertake projects of their own in their communities under the Rotary umbrella, without actually being full members of Rotary.</p><p>We are nowhere near the Rotary ideal of Service Above Self if we're not in the space of Community Corps, he said, because those members are closest to where the real needs in South Africa are. There is a missing link between Rotary and the communities especially in rural areas and the deepest part of townships that a Community Corps can provide.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYn17rQZNVgNq9p7dnZFQ7mB9BYzMjTQCl7gR2nCPn1VpSV5QvXljCvMmSxgVdjeZ54z31v3gFkqXXIT0KhOgRzZmYCWGjGdME3DOWesvKdSd74zzfniorJVJbJsVb7kdiQeNr6pFslm603VfKQJGDYxa9lgmlmriDonUZ5HbZ2N1PugMNdZEkeRZp/s1345/79EE0A56-238D-4D4E-9B4F-D18CD9114215_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1155" data-original-width="1345" height="439" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYn17rQZNVgNq9p7dnZFQ7mB9BYzMjTQCl7gR2nCPn1VpSV5QvXljCvMmSxgVdjeZ54z31v3gFkqXXIT0KhOgRzZmYCWGjGdME3DOWesvKdSd74zzfniorJVJbJsVb7kdiQeNr6pFslm603VfKQJGDYxa9lgmlmriDonUZ5HbZ2N1PugMNdZEkeRZp/w620-h439/79EE0A56-238D-4D4E-9B4F-D18CD9114215_1_201_a.jpeg" width="620" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Paul Chinn, Babette Gallard and Gertrude Myaka at the meeting</span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><div><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin: 0pt 0in; text-indent: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;">A Rotary Community Corps is a team of non-Rotarians who are committed to their community's long-term economic development and self-sufficiency and are flexible partners in service with Rotary clubs, he said.</p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin: 0pt 0in; text-indent: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><br /></p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin: 0pt 0in; text-indent: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;">Membership is open to any non-Rotarian adults in the community who share Rotary's commitment to service. Members can come from any walk of life. Membership is not intended as a path to Rotary membership. Members can comprise an entire village, neighbourhood or community association that wants to work together.</p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin: 0pt 0in; text-indent: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><br /></p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin: 0pt 0in; text-indent: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;">It encourages individuals to take responsibility for the improvement of their community and encourages the development of human potential.</p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin: 0pt 0in; text-indent: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheXQXyoilnG3nOtY4MtrA6ojgbZwohIn45syqoAAjY4-K_ttKqKytz9cbTV1XI5b0m9kgMln8SbK2OWcvYL_asGnAgsGXA-FVXoWKOfcShdBH5EeoUk7Wf4zTansZJqKbiOL3fkCpS2b58iHPVCyC-dykhLF4RaGaG3eQWh8Rt05U_vQCzzpnu6WWC/s640/960694AA-9B8B-4DC8-B2A2-9C46317F822D_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="603" data-original-width="640" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheXQXyoilnG3nOtY4MtrA6ojgbZwohIn45syqoAAjY4-K_ttKqKytz9cbTV1XI5b0m9kgMln8SbK2OWcvYL_asGnAgsGXA-FVXoWKOfcShdBH5EeoUk7Wf4zTansZJqKbiOL3fkCpS2b58iHPVCyC-dykhLF4RaGaG3eQWh8Rt05U_vQCzzpnu6WWC/w457-h490/960694AA-9B8B-4DC8-B2A2-9C46317F822D_1_201_a.jpeg" width="457" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Sarah De la Pasture and Wendy Challis</span><br /><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin: 0pt 0in; text-indent: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><br /></p><p style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">A community’s power to transform itself exists foremost with its residents, who have firsthand knowledge about the most pressing local problems. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">Developing service projects to address those </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">problems can unite and empower the community </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">at the </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">grassroots level,</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> and</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> expose more community members to the power of Rotary, DGN George said.</span></p><p style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Ten members are needed to start a Community Corps and they need to meet at least once a month. They are encouraged to undertake at least two major projects a year. Any membership fees should be nominal.</span></p><p style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Rotary clubs are there to mentor and guide Community Corps and are not there to solve their problems, just to guide them. They need Rotary because they do not have the Rotary expertise or access to its network.</span></p><p style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij0Uz_c94nq7PwSR4m-PqRKqjUE5FcFygm4osc_2YNvNsGhyDjzljOnp1kVhb0yMFsNr5tOYi8CIl8QNDK1IoNWmKXBQfxCbj_ItOEr6FqkqPbywKJhH08yHJTJ4wNs_i9Taezzu787JMzLhLMxjuo9dtEs8YTiZdTpONPMao4at_FXeMvqZBJCdWa/s664/5CBDB8FF-E79F-40E4-B13C-3F457DF06078_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="456" data-original-width="664" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij0Uz_c94nq7PwSR4m-PqRKqjUE5FcFygm4osc_2YNvNsGhyDjzljOnp1kVhb0yMFsNr5tOYi8CIl8QNDK1IoNWmKXBQfxCbj_ItOEr6FqkqPbywKJhH08yHJTJ4wNs_i9Taezzu787JMzLhLMxjuo9dtEs8YTiZdTpONPMao4at_FXeMvqZBJCdWa/w375-h277/5CBDB8FF-E79F-40E4-B13C-3F457DF06078_1_201_a.jpeg" width="375" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">The numbered Norman Catherine print</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Remember: </b>Wednesday evening, 15 February, is a big night with a fun and fundraising evening meeting at the Parkview Golf Club. The ultramarathon superstar Bruce Force will be the speaker and members are urged to bring along family and friends as guests.</span></p><p style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The final tickets, at R1000 each, will be sold for the numbered and very colourful Norman Catherine print which is being raffled to anyone who would like to own an artwork by this very famous South African artist. Many thanks to Jeni Lobel for arranging that it got donated to New Dawn.</span></p><p style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The draw for the winner of the print will also take place on Wednesday night and we're hoping to raise in excess of R30 000 for it.</span></p><p style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz4Hbs1RZm1nQY-pF8UO9oV39N3R7PpcsFsYQkV0aboMDOlUM8SIPXD0h4dVV5egfObXKPzQhB5fR6R1LH8exXpWJCLYzl19wrZLMOcPD-iViaupVxJOXjByTRUp85gtUrMcr-7ej3UgJL00_uRN0eQ3DQzFEBIL5K1pEO5iIp3vRz1uZjRzDODWRR/s374/EE5CDB1F-D8B9-4C42-86EE-71E20B5F4D13_4_5005_c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="374" data-original-width="279" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz4Hbs1RZm1nQY-pF8UO9oV39N3R7PpcsFsYQkV0aboMDOlUM8SIPXD0h4dVV5egfObXKPzQhB5fR6R1LH8exXpWJCLYzl19wrZLMOcPD-iViaupVxJOXjByTRUp85gtUrMcr-7ej3UgJL00_uRN0eQ3DQzFEBIL5K1pEO5iIp3vRz1uZjRzDODWRR/w357-h434/EE5CDB1F-D8B9-4C42-86EE-71E20B5F4D13_4_5005_c.jpeg" width="357" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b>Did You Know? </b>The incoming Rotary International President (2023 - 2024) comes from Scotland. He is R. Gordon R, McInally of the Rotary Club of South Queensferry in West Lothian, Scotland. He was a dentist until his retirement in 2016.</span></p><p style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></p><p style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">He has chosen Create Hope in the World as his theme for the year. I</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">n introducing the theme he called on Rotary to create hope by working for peace and mental wellbeing.</span></p><p style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></p><p style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b>A Thought for the Week: </b>All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster's autobiography.<b> - Federico Fellini (1920 - 1993)</b></span></p><p style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></p><p style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></p></div></div>Mike Vinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653867327615471017noreply@blogger.com0