THE glittering event took place at the Kelvin Grove Ballroom on November 10, and raised a record amount of one million rand for four local charities. The black-tie affair was attended by diplomats and honorary consuls representing 26 countries, as well as their friends and business associates. The mayor’s office, Independent Newspapers and the local business community also supported the fund-raising event that has become a highlight on Cape Town’s social calendar over the past seven years The Consular Ball is known for its auction of unconventional items and this year the guests were vying for a tour to Slovenia to meet the World’s Best Female Chef for 2017, Ana Roš, and enjoy her culinary delights. Another unique item was a one-day trip to Antarctica, courtesy of the Consular mission of Paraguay to experience the unique continent of white snow, blue ice and the midnight sun. The guests were entertained by Quick Change – a Russian duo who were flown in from Europe to perform their delightful act. The Tygerberg Children’s Choir proved to be another highlight of the evening. The local charities that will benefit from this year’s Consular Ball are the Durbanville Children’s Home, Cape Times Bursary Fund, Proud Partners and Shine Literacy.
Almarie & Lesley Williams
Megan Kaimowitz, Harvey Foster
Isabel Verwey & Johanna Strauss (Organisers: Consular Ball)
Dr. Prieur du Plessis (Honorary Consul General of Slovenia), Trevor Brown, Dr. Andrew & Tanya Golding, Kenan Ince (Turkish Airlines)
Veronika & José Carlos Arsénio (Consul General of Portugal), Naziema Jappie (Honorary Consul of the Maldives)
Rebecca Hotchner Blaser, Virginia Blaser (Consul General of USA), Robert Donovan
Jessy Lipperts, Cleonice da Silva, Lydia Indrianjafy (Acting Consul General of Madagascar), Temi Stallings
Cristóvão Da Glória Gemo (Consul General of Mozambique) & Aurora Da Glória Gemo
Dr. José Pablo Alzina (Consul General of Spain) & Nicole Hoogerboord, Sally & Richard Wells
Florence Vasic (Deputy Consul of France), Laurent Amar (Consul General of France)
Johnny Philippou (Honorary Consul of Cyprus)& Samantha Philippou, Anthoulla & Brian Twine
Elmarie & Ian Nielson (Deputy Mayor of Cape Town)
Cacho & Molly Gabral
Janet De Silva & Karen Jakobson
Ghenwa Steingaszner, Cosmina Ionescu, Nicole Schachat
Ruben Dario Ortiz, Mirella Kruger (Honorary Consul of Paraguay), Enrique Jaramillo-Douat (Honorary Consul of Colombia), Mario Bertolini
Roman Ambarov (Consul General of Russia)& Anna Ambarov
Geoffrey Ashmead (Honorary Consul of Slovakia) & Heidi Ashmead
Bianca Davis (Air Namibia), Elsie Maseke (Acting Consul General of Namibia)
Dr Ivan Meyer (Western Cape Finance MEC) & his wife Faeza Meyer
Christian Brendel (Honorary Consul of Vanuatu) & Maren Brendel
Advocate Xoli Maduna, Prof. Thuli Madonsela, Janine Myburgh, Richard Scott
Dylan & Nyaniso Tutu-Burris
Andrei Zaharescu (Consul General of Romania)
Dr. Gerald Wolman (Honorary Consul of Georgia)
Andreas Maager (Consul General of Switzerland)
Mukhtar Joonas (Honorary Consul of Mauritius)