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.
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 guarantees 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. Learn simple breathing meditations to connect with the pure and peaceful nature of our minds. Classes are a R30 donation to a non-profit organisation. Contact 031 764 6193 or email info@meditateindurban.org
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.
LIVING beyond suicide, suffering from depression or other mental ailments. SOLOS-is a support group that meets once a month offering a non-judgmental safe environment to you, to share your feelings or just listen.
The next meeting will be on Monday 17 November at 171 Bulwer Road Glenwood at 6pm. Contact Lori on 083 652 0117 or email suicideprevent@gmail.com
THE South African Writers' Circle will meet on Saturday, 15 November at the Westville Library (Room G3) at 11am.
It's Movie Time! Join the group for a film on words and writing. A workshop will follow where members (and visitors) can apply their writing skills. Members R10, visitors R20. Contact Brigitta Simpson on 071 681 8378 or write to southafricanwriterscircle@gmail.com.
THE KZN Lymphoma Support Group will have its Christmas meeting on Saturday 15 November at the Central Westville Baptist Church hall, from 8.30am. All patients and their families are invited to attend. Enquiries to Frank on 082 456 9970.
BEACHWOOD Mangroves Nature Reserve open day is on Saturday 15 November from 8am to 1pm.
Braai and picnic places are available. No booking required. EKZN Wildlife Honorary Officers will be on hand to assist with walks and answer questions.
Entrance is free, but donations are welcome. Contact Jane on 063 218 9504.
THE Centre of Universal Mind in Glenwood will hold a Craft Day on Saturday, 15 November. Many arts and crafts will be on sale at affordable prices. Contact Liz Viviers on 031 467 7062.
ROSEWAY Waldorf School hosts an Open Morning, on Saturday 15 November for children from two-and-a-half to six years for 2015, from 10am to 1pm.
There will be children’s activities for them to enjoy with talks on Waldorf education for the parents. Tea, cake and snacks will be served and the Rosehip Shop will also be open. Booking is essential. Contact Billie on 031 768 1309.
DURBAN Art Deco Society annual general meeting is on Sunday 16 November at 10.15am at the KZNSA Art Gallery, Photography Room, 166 Bulwer Road.
This will be followed by an illustrated presentation by Mark Horner of designworkshop:sa on the proposed conversion and refurbishment of the art deco style Pixley House at 398 Pixley KaSeme (West) Street. Contact Helen on 031 301 1951 or helenore@mweb.co.za
