HOP on board the Steam Train at Virginia Circle, Hinton Grove, Durban North on the second Sunday from 11am to 4pm.
Cost for rides is R10 per person. Contact Gerald Hall on 082 569 1383.
IF you’re nervous of speaking to people you don’t know, or you get stage fright when you’re asked to do a presentation at work, then joining Toastmasters can truly help you.
Visit the Speakeasy Toastmasters Club on the third Tuesday evening of the month, at 5.30pm for 6pm at the Glenwood Boys’ High School.
A fee of R80 includes a meal. RSVP to speakeasyglenwood@gmail.com timeously for catering purposes.
CHOOSE Happiness, a public talk with Buddhist monk Gen Pagpa, is on Thursday 5 November at Durban Botanical Gardens Visitors’ Centre from 7pm.
Cost is R60 prebooking or R70 at door (including refreshments).
Contact 031 266 0096 or info@meditateinsa.org
TAFTA will host a jumble sale in the Lucas Garden’s car park, 14 East Street, (behind Ridge Road) Overport on Friday 6 November from 7.30am to noon.
On sale will be new and old clothing, white elephant, art work, long playing records, CDs and tapes.
Dealers welcome.
MANNING Road Methodist Church is hosting an International Food Fair on Saturday, 7 November at 450 Che Guevara (Moore) Road, Glenwood, from 11am to 3pm.
There will be a delicious spread of food from seven countries including South Africa, Italy, India, England, Portugal, USA and the 7th Heaven pudding table.
Entrance is free but you will need a passport to dine: an adult passport will give you three meals for R80 and a child passport will give you two meals for R40.
Hot and cold refreshments will also be on sale.
THE Catholic Women’s League (CWL) branches are holding a fete on Saturday 7 November at St Josephs Church Florida Road from 8am to 3pm.
Do your Christmas shopping at the stalls which include plants, cakes, books, international foods, tea garden, handwork, bags and white elephant.
UMBILO Congregation Church, Bartle Road, will host a fleamarket on Saturday 7 November from 7am to noon.
Contact Wally van Rooyen on 031 465 4985 should you wish to book a table.
BENSON Place Retirement Complex, 26 Rapson Road (off Windermere Road) Morningside, is hosting a mini fete on Saturday 7 November from 8am to noon.
Browse a variety of stalls, White Elephant and enjoy boerewors rolls and relax in the tea garden.
Contact Jenny on 083 979 1264.
THE Durban Rock Alliance is hosting the next music quiz evening at The Stella Sports Club (Running Section Pub), Helen Joseph Road, Glenwood on Wednesday 11 November from 7pm.
There is off street parking and food is available from the pub upstairs.
Entrance is R30 per entrant, teams may have a maximum of six people.
The quiz covers all genres of music.
THE KwaZulu-Natal Branch of the South African Military History Society will meet on Thursday 12 November at 7pm at the Murray Lecture Theatre, Department of Civil Engineering, University of KwaZulu-Natal Howard College Campus.
The speakers will be Charles Whiteing on Poppy Power and Donald Davies on Four little whalers from Durban to the Mediterranean in 1940.
Visitors are welcome to attend. Contact Roy Bowman on 084 951 2921 or Ken Gillings on 031 702 4828.
WEEKLY meditation classes in Morningside are held every Thursday evening from 7pm to 8.15pm at Positive Health Studio, 5 Claribel Road.
Learn simple breathing meditations. All welcome, cost is R40 (donation to non-profit organisation).
Contact 031 270 8363, info@meditateindurban.org or www.meditateindurban.org
ENJOY social Line dancing every Thursday from 6pm to 7pm at Stella Park Bowling Club, 337 Bartle Road, Umbilo. Contact Peter on 031 205 2488.
SASFA (South African Senior Fitness Association) will hold exercises classes for people aged 50+ every Monday and Thursday from 9am to 10am at the Masonic Lodge Hunt Road, Durban. Contact Gill on 031 702 6522.
NAZARETH House Charity Shop, 82 South Ridge Road, Berea is open daily Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 2.30pm. The charity shop raises much-needed funds for the home and needs the support of the public.
Any donations of clothing, bric-a-brac etc are welcome. Nazarerth House will collect. Contact 031 261 2207.
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.
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.
