Women off to garden fest
Emalahleni mayor in Uganda
EMALAHLENI Municipal mayor Nomveliso Nyukwana has been invited to take part in a Development Cooperation Forum high level symposium in Uganda.
The local authority’s communications officer, Luthando Nqumkana, said Nyukwana, who was nominated as one of the Champions for Development Cooperation during a United Cities and Local Government (UCLG) conference in 2012, will work with those responsible for leading the work of the UCLG Cham-
TARKASTAD
– The Rose Show will be held at the Moedersaal tomorrow. Remember to bring roses at R5 per entry between 7 and 9am.
A PLANNING meeting was held on November 3 at The Story, to plan and prepare for the Tarkastad Festival to be held from September 23 to 25, 2016.
A TALENT contest was held at Oom Joey’s church hall. The entrants were full of enthusiasm and the judges had a difficult time.
The winners were Lerona Bresnier and Nosipho Xesha, second were Nevelitia and her girls (Bennes, Phelisa, and Nosisi aged 11 to13) and third was Leticia Bresnier. Kaylin Tilus was master of ceremonies and did a fantastic job energising both contestants and the audience.
Michael Smith of Cradock opened with a short message entitled, “If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you.”
A MORNING market was held outside the Cottage Shop on Saturday morning, when residents were invited to bring any home-made goods or home-grown produce. These sales will be held on each first Saturday of the month from 10am.
SPARROWS thank all the sponsors who helped make their 15th birthday celebration at Blanco a huge success. STERKSTROOM – A group of local women, Megan Moorcroft, Amanda Oelofse and Adele Richardson attended the Bedford Garden Festival last week. They visited gardens on the Tarkastad side of Bedford.
It was interesting to see the variety of plants and beautiful features. The Marais garden at Skelmkloof was mainly succulents. This was largely due to their lack of water, but cleverly designed. The Pringles’ garden at Eildon was particularly breathtaking with hundreds of iceberg roses among shrubs and other foliage. pions on behalf of the Committee on Development Cooperation and City Diplomacy.
Emalahleni was honoured to have a representative in the world body as one of its champions.
The symposium would focus on a renewed global partnership for sustainable development and would be hosted in Kampala from November 4 to 6.
The event was organised jointly by the government of Uganda and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
The women enjoyed a delicious cheeseboard lunch at Eildon too, where they met up with some of the Queenstown visitors. People flocked from Knysna, Gauteng and Cape Town to visit the popular garden show.
AT THE October WAA meeting, an interesting talk was given by Lisl Stretton of Molteno on her waterbirth recently and psycology relating to pregnancy. Members enjoyed hearing about this alternative to childbirt.
A question and answer session followed. Anyone wanting more information can contact Lisl.