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What's on in and around Durban this week.

LINE dancing classes are on Tuesday and Thursday mornings at Durban North Beach, Monday mornings in Morningside and Tuesday and Friday afternoons on the Berea.

Contact Antoinette on 082 702 7692.

CHESHIRE Home Sparks Estate, 145 Mary Road, Sydenham, invites the public to support its charity shop every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9am to 11.30am. All welcome to browse the store and pick up bargains.

TAFTA will host a support group for friends, family members and care givers of Alzheimers patients at TAFTA Lodge, 42 South Beach Avenue, Durban. Contact Nivashnee on 031 332 3721 for more information.

THE Nazareth House Charity Shop on Ridge Road is open between 9am and noon every Tuesday.

Any donations of clothing, bric-a-brac etc are welcome. Nazareth House will collect.

Contact 031 261 2207.

SASFA, South African Senior Fitness Association, will hold exercise classes for the over 50s every Thursday morning from 9am to 10am at the Masonic Lodge, 25 Hunt Road. SASFA guarantee seniors will have fun and meet new friends. To join and for more information, contact Gill on 031 702 6522.

WEEKLY meditation classes on Becoming the Person You Wish to Be take place in Morningside at 323 Innes Road on Tuesdays, 7.45am to 8.30am and Tuesdays, 7pm to 8.15pm. Classes are a R30 donation to a non-profit organisation. Contact 031 764 6193 or email info@meditateindurban.org

AUTHOR and political reporter for The Sowetan, Nompumelelo Runj, will launch her book The Democractic Opportunity: does SA need electoral reform? at 6pm on 6 November at Ike’s Books. RSVP to Cedric 082 873 2702.

THE Rotary Club of Durban Berea will host a fundraising Bingo Night on Friday, 7 November at Durban High School, 255 St Thomas Road, at 6pm.

Cost is R50 which includes a light supper and three rounds of bingo. Contact Elisa on 031 201 2850 or Susanne on 084 862 1099.

UP.MARKET, art craft and food, is at Umhlanga Centre (formally Buxtons Centre), 185 Ridge Road, Umhlanga, on Friday 7 November from 6pm to 10pm.

IF you want to know more about the fascinating hobby of stamp or picture postcard collecting, then be a guest at the next meeting of the Highway Philatelic Society on Saturday 8 November at 9am at the Westville Round Table hall next to the Westville Athletics Club, intersection of Maryvale Road and Syringa Avenue, Westville. Contact John on 031 266 1020 or Bev on 083 679 4080.

AGLOW International meet on Saturday 8 November in the Baumann Hall behind the Durban Children's Home, Kildare Road, Glenwood, at 9.15am.

There will be a guest speaker and good fellowship. Take a friend. Contact Margaret on 071 606 0065.

UBUNTU Community Chest's 83rd AGM and the 12th AGM of the Community Chest Section 18A Fund is on Monday, 10 November at 10am at the Visitors Complex, Durban Botanic Gardens, John Zikhali Road [Sydenham Road], Durban.

Refreshments will be served following the meeting. RSVP to Moses on 031 303 3890 or moses@giving.org.za

LIFELONG Learning presents two lectures by Brendon Hatcher at the Durban North Varsity College, 'Buying the right computer for your needs' on Tuesday, 11 November at 6pm and Introduction to Windows 8 on Saturday, 15 November at 8.30am. To book go to www.lllkzn.net or contact 073 725 7381.

A BOOK launch of Prof Breminand and Dr Nervashnee Maharaj’s book The Soul, Health and Happiness is at 6pm on 12 November at UKZN’s Medical School K-Rith Building. RSVP to Cedric 082 873 2702.

THE KwaZulu-Natal Branch of the South African Military History Society will meet on Thursday 13 November in the Murray Lecture Theatre, Department of Civil Engineering, University of KwaZulu-Natal Howard College Campus at 7pm.

The two speakers will be Major Dr John Buchan on KwaZulu-Natal on Operation Torch; Gen Patton in North Africa and Mr Bill Brady on Collapse in the West, 1940. Contact Charles Whiteing on 082 555 4689 or Ken Gillings on 031 702 4828.

DURBAN Senior Social Club monthly meeting takes place on Wednesday, 19 November at 9am for 9.30am at the Berea Congregational Church Hall in Pardy Gardens Road off Musgrave Road, Durban. Guest speaker will be Prof.Dr.Alex Coutts who will give a slide presentation on the San people and their rock art in the Drakensberg area. Entry is R10 for members and R12 for visitors. Go along and enjoy a pleasant morning. Tea and refreshments will be served. All welcome. Contact Mona on 031-3038336.

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