HAPPENINGS

EVENTS

● The Vedanta Institute will host a workshop for educators titled “A Paradigm Shift in Education”, at Durban High School in Musgrave on Saturday from 9am to 1pm. The workshop is aimed at providing advice and guidance to teachers who are experiencing low morale as a result of increased stress, drug abuse, addiction and violence. There are no direct costs to the delegates attending. For more information, call 084 480 7146.

● by Vino Govender will be launched at the Blue Lagoon Conference Centre on Sunday at noon. For more information, WhatsApp 061 261 8503 or 061 120 4001.

● The Serendipity Travel ABH Chatsworth Fair will take place from July 25 to 28 at the Chatsworth Circus Site. A fund-raiser concert will take place on July 26 at the iZulu Theatre at Sibaya. For more information, call Natashia at 082 759 8224 or Vanessa at 061 477 7208.

● The Malvern Children’s Home will host a funfair in Coniston Avenue on July 27 from 9am. For more information, email marketing@ mchome.co.za

● The 10th Durban Beach Sari Stroll is scheduled for August 4 at 1pm at the beachfront amphitheatre, near the Sunken Gardens. Volunteers will be on hand to supply and assist participants to drape the saris. For more information, call Kamlesh Gounden at 082 852 0852.

● The South African Federation Soccer Legends will host a dinner and dance banquet at St Anthony’s Church hall on August 9 at 6pm. For more information, call Ronnie Moodley at 083 784 3911.

● Merebank High class of 1979 will hold its 40th reunion at the Riverside Hotel in Durban North on August 10 at 5pm. Call Tony Naidoo at 083 257 1784 or Reena Govender at 081 338 1865.

RELIGION

● The Shree Kamatcheeammen Temple Society will observe its annual Marieammen prayer with a flag hoisting on Wednesday (today) at 6pm. The main prayer will be on July 21 at 8.30am. For more information, call the temple at 031 578 3444.

● The Jai Shri Raam organisation and the Maha Shiv Mandir will host the Srimad Devi Bhagavad Katha in honour of Mother Durga in Hippo Road, Sea Cow Lake, from July 19 to 28 from 6pm to 8.30pm, and on the weekend from 4pm to 6.30pm. Call Hamraj Maharaj at 082 417 6029 or 031 577 1942.

● The Kalyana Subramaniyar Alayam in Foresthaven, Phoenix, will observe its Mariamman Garagam prayer on July 21 at 10am. For more information, call Raj at 031 506 1568.

● The Greenwood Park Shree Ranganathar Temple Society will hold a Mariamman prayer on July 21 at 10am. For more information, call Guru R Mahesan at 031 563 3232.

● The Shri Muthumari Angalaeshwari Temple will hold its 11th annual Amman Tiruvila in Brown Street, Laudium from August 2 to 13. For more information, call Guru Reggie Naidoo at 082 356 5146.

● The Shri Siva Subramaniar Alayam in Umdloti Drift, Verulam, will observe its annual Mariamman prayer on July 28 at 9am. Call 082 493 5195.

● The Bramha Kumaris Global Peace House will host a talk on Developing Self Awareness at its premises in Belmont Road, in Effingham, on July 20 from 3pm. It will also host World Peace Meditation on July 21 from 6.30pm at the same venue. Call 031 563 3502.