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When is the water coming back up?
in good South African – NOW NOW! – get the last reeds out folks, pick up that last bit of litter, the weir gets closed on the 06th August 2010 at 15h00.
a Poem written by a little girl of 12 years old in mid 1974 whilst in form 1 in Rhodesia.
Choosing Names A newly born babe snuggled up to its mother; And then there were two and then another; Four little hippos soon closed their eyes, But mother and father gave coughs and sighs For they didn’t know what name to call The babies at their feet so clumsy and small. “Hipples”: Mother thought her [...]
Controlled ecological burn at Rondevlei Nature Reserve
MEDIA RELEASE NO. 197 / 2010 17 MARCH 2010 The management of the Rondevlei Nature Reserve would like to alert residents in its vicinity that they will be conducting a controlled burn on a portion of the eastern boundary of the reserve, adjacent to Peninsula Road, Zeekoevlei. The burning operation is scheduled for either the [...]
Annual carols by candlelight.
The Zeekoevlei Yacht club have graciously agreed again to host the annual carols by candlelight. This year it will be on Monday 21th December at 7.30pm, that’s 19h30. This is a community event that works best with lots of varied community input. If you have something to contribute – musically or creatively or you have [...]
LOST DOG –
18 Months old German shepherd, male, black & tan that disappeared from my home in Carp Road Zeekoevlei on Fri 3 October. please contact Mervyn Johnson on 0824588045 with any information
Dredging R.O.D. Zeekoevlei
Dredging Zeekoevlei Given the Go-Ahead The province has issued a positive Record of Decision (ROD) on dredging Zeekoevlei. This is the latest milestone in the long road to rehabilitating Zeekoevlei. To date, agriculture and urbanization have destroyed or severely degraded between 35% and 60% of South Africa’s wetlands. Wetlands help purify South Africa’s water, control [...]
Draw-up filling Zeekoevlei
Have spoken to the manager of ZV Nature reserve and the Vlei will fill up as follows: When it rains… The weir will be closed in the case of little or no rain at the end of July – thats soon folks or in the case of lots of rain at the end of the [...]
1st Zeekoevlei Sea Scout Troop to be Launched
Phillip ‘Skipper’ Shaw will be starting a Zeekoevlei Sea Scout Troop on 8 May. Phillip is currently running a scout troop in Retreat, which in the 2.5 years since its inception, has grown to seven patrols, three girl patrols and four boy patrols, averaging between six and seven scouts each. Both boys and girls between [...]
Looking for tennispartners in Zeekoevlei
Dear All, I am from Holland ( born in Capetown) and just bought a house in Zeekoevlei. I would enjoy playing tennis ( saw there is a tenniscourt) and will be in Zeekoevlei from march 27 till april 15. Can somebody give me information who I can contact to play tennis there? Are there tennisplayers [...]
Shosholoza shines
From The Sowetan – 05 February 2009 Team has got new members Team Shosholoza, who won a pre-match start after beating America’s Cup defenders Alinghi for the second time on Tuesday, returns to the water today in Auckland, New Zealand. Speaking to Sowetan from New Zealand, team spokesman Di Meek said they were sure to [...]
