July 25
Bunny Park Craft Market, great selection of crafts, food stalls and live entertainment, Bunny Park, Pretoria Road, Rynfield, 9am till 2.30am (Janine Richardson 072 713 3332)
South African Pipe Band and Highland Dancing Championships, live entertainment, massed bands, tea garden, stalls, Benoni High School, 9am till late (Hilary Webber 011 849 4129)
Best Man I Can Be Seminar, Benoni Hillcrest Farm, East Rand School of Arts, noon till 4pm (Lonwabo Maseko 072 829 0317)
New Morning Market with tea garden and food, All Souls Church, 42 O’Reilly Merry Street, 7am till 1pm (Susan Oliver 011 849 5111)
July 26
Lemongrass “Christmas in July” Urban Market, live entertainment, charities of the month are Cupcakes for Kids and Hospice East Rand, 9am till 3pm (Ivonne Taylor 083 284 4777)
July 29
The Rotary Club of Benoni Aurora invites you to talk by guest speaker Dr Somadoda Fikeni, topic: “The state of democracy”, Ebotse Links Clubhouse, Sarel Cilliers Street, Rynfield, 6.30pm for 7pm (Sylvia Knoop 082 461 2880)
July 30
Jumble Sale, All Souls Church, 42 O’Reilly Merry Street, 8am till 10am (Betty Chard 082 455 6752)
July 29 till August 1
Sixth Annual Art Exhibition, hosted in conjunction with Rotary Club of Benoni Aurora, in aid of the Sexual Assault Clinic. Exhibition of art work by students of Arts Alive, together with renowned artists. Guest artist: Greg Miller (glass artist and owner of the Crucible), Art Alive School, 56 Eleventh Avenue, Northmead, 5pm to 10pm (Sylvia Knoop 082 461 2880)
August 1
Victus Christi Market and exhibition of more than a 100 paintings by well-known artists, including Paul Botes, Marlene McCullough, Larry Mervitz, Phil Milan and many more, 24b Miles Sharp Street, Rynfield, 8am till 2pm (Paul Botes 083 979 8929)
Morning Market, All Souls Church, 42 O’Reilly Merry, 7am till 1pm (Susan Oliver 011 849 5111)
August 11
Kids Haven Annual General Meeting, 38 Cranbourne Avenue, 3pm (Terrie Heatile 011 421 4222)
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July 21
Talk on crimes against women and children by Dr Pixie du Toit, Summerplace, Leith Road, Bartlett, Boksburg, 6.30pm for 7pm (Susan Noppe 083 268 7245)
July 23
SA Society for Amateur Palaeontologists, talk by palaeontologist Dr Francois Durand “The rise of the human predator and the origin of consciousness”, Sci-Enza Auditorium, University of Pretoria, 7pm (Tinus de Beer 083 628 2372)
Arthritis Foundation lecture for Osteoarthritis Awareness Day, Wits Medical School, lecture theatre four, 7 York Road, Parktown, 11am (Nadine Lewis 011 746 7498)
July 25
Hospice East Rand charity comedy evening (adults only), well-known comedians Mel Miller, Alain D Wolf and Shaun Wewege, Scarlet Ribbon, Greenstone Hill Shopping Centre, Edenvale. Tickets can be bought through Strictly Tickets, 7.30pm for 8pm (Laura Kirsten 011 422 1531/2 or 083 274 5288)
July 28
Hospice East Rand has tickets for ”Sister Act” musical comedy show at Johannesburg Civic Theatre. Tickets available at a cost. Bus departs from Benoni at 9.30am, for show at 11am (Laura Kirsten 011 422 1531 or 083 274 5288)
August 1
Bokkie Park Craft Market, Bokkie Park, Southvale Road, Boksburg, 9am till 2.30pm (Janine Richardson 072 713 3332)
August 4
SA Association of Retired Persons Social Club for people 50 years and older, topic: importance of treating hearing loss, Hecker Nursery, North Rand Road, 11am (Pam Harvey 082 457 3947)
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