RETIRED Teachers quarterly meeting is at Manor Gardens Primary, 95 Dale Road, Westridge on Friday, 5 August at 9.30am.
Guest speaker will be Cecile Levin. Refreshments will be served.
DURBAN United Churches Women’s Association will host its annual Interdenominational Service at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church, 210 Musgrave Road on Friday, 5 August at 10am. Guest speaker is Sue Barnes of Project Dignity. An offering will be taken up for this cause.
UMBILO Congregational Church, 498 Bartle Road, Umbilo, hosts a fleamarket on Saurday, 6 August from 6am to noon.
Stalls include cakes and goodies, second-hand bookshop, white elephant, clothing, household items, plants and more.
Contact Wally van Rooyen on 031 465 4985 should you wish to book a table.
GRAB your friends and families and get on down to the I heart Market on Saturday, 6 August at Moses Mabhida Stadium from 9am to 2pm.
Expect top quality local designs, fashion, jewellery, home decor and food. Free entry.
OLDFIELD Lifestyle Centre will host a fete on Saturday, 6 August at 29 Perserverance Road, Bellair at 8am.
Contact Mary on 031 465 9268 for more details.
LEARN to speak up while having fun with The Durban Club of SpeakOut SA, which meets on Saturday, 6 August at 1pm for 1.30pm in the Glenwood Presbyterian Church Hall, 339 Esther Roberts (Frere) Road. Visitors are welcome. Contact Ruth on 083 325 6427 or Wendy on 073 642 3566. You can SMS or visit www.speakoutsa.jimdo.com
BIRDLIFE Port Natal will meet on Saturday, 6 August at 6.30am for an outing to Vumbuka.
Restricted to 20 cars, so confirm attendance, meeting time and place. Contact Elena Russell on 031 705 2902.
LIFELONG Learning invites people to celebrate the bi-centennial of Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein’s Monster on Tuesday, 9 August at Varsity College Durban North from 6pm to 8pm.
Contact Rochelle on 084 446 6362 or 031 205 5664.
BIRDLIFE Port Natal will host a talk on Tuesday, 9 August at 9.30am for 10am by Adam Riley, at Krantzkloof Interpretive Centre.
Contact Tessa White on tessadavid@telkomsa.net. On Wednesday, 10 August there will be an indoor meeting at Westville Methodist Church at 7pm.
Nicolette Forbes will talk about The Restoration of the Lake St Lucia Estuary and Implications for Water Birds. Contact Lesley Frescura on 083 231 3408.
THE next CANSA Parklands Support Group meeting is on Wednesday, 10 August at 10am in the Parklands Hospital boardroom.
This month’s speaker is Naturopath Dr Ash Singh who will be discussing recuperation after cancer therapies. The group is open to anyone with cancer, their caregivers or anyone with an interest in the topic. Contact Linda Cipolla on 031 205 9525 or lcipolla@cansa.org.za.
THE KwaZulu-Natal Branch of the South African Military History Society will meet on Thursday, 11 August at 7pm for 7.30pm at the Murray Lecture Theatre, Department of Civil Engineering, University of KwaZulu-Natal Howard College Campus.
There will be two talks, the Darrell Hall Memorial Lecture: Military Geoscience Survey of our Battlefields by Michelle Dye and Publications: A historiography of the Anglo-Boer War by Professor Fransjohan Pretorius.
Visitors are welcome. Contact Roy Bowman on 084 951 2921 or Ken Gillings on 031 702 4828.
WEEKLY line dance classes for beginners in Glenwood every Wednesday from 6pm to 6.45pm.
Contact 082 476 4907.
WEEKLY meditation classes in Morningside on ‘living in the moment’ every Thursday at 7pm to 8.15pm at Positive Health Studio, 5 Claribel Road.
Everyone is Welcome, cost R40 donation to non-profit organisation. Contact 031 266 0096, info@meditateindurban.org or www.meditateindurban.org
THE Happiness Course, a meditation programme for everyone, runs every Saturday morning at 10.30am to noon at 26 Menston Road, Westville.
Suitable for beginners. R60 donation to non-profit organisation.
THE Morning Trade – Durban’s weekly artisan food and produce market is every Sunday from 8am to 1pm at The Plant – 5 Station Drive, Station Drive Precinct, Durban.
The Morning Trade is a top quality weekly food market which focuses on providing an urban space for Durbanites to buy their weekly fresh produce, top quality meats, farm fresh ingredients, delectable specialities and community-conscious foods. Free entrance for customers.
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.
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.
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. Nazareth 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.
