'Although it was a small gathering, the Tree Art Group had a productive morning at The Old Mushroom Farm, Karkloof on Friday the 22nd April.' 

The Howick Arts Society or HARTS held its first meeting on 21 August 1991 and has grown into a vibrant collection of artists from all walks of life who meet to inspire and encourage one another and have a lot of fun in the process.

Artists range from beginners to seasoned professionals who are more than willing to share their techniques and knowledge. To this end workshops (for a very nominal fee) are held on a monthly basis on different aspects of visual arts.

Meetings are held on the first Monday of every month, unless it falls on a public holiday. Then the meeting is held on the following Monday. The meetings currently take place from 2.00pm - 4pm at St Luke’s Church Hall in Howick. Guest speakers are invited to do a presentation at the meeting on topics of interest to artists and a workshop on the topic the following Monday.

At the monthly meetings members may bring along and exhibit their latest works and receive a critique. Members in attendance then vote for their favourite works. Points are accumulated over the year and at the end of the year the artist with the most points wins the prestigious Asselberg Cup and a year’s free subscription to HARTS.

Over the years, H A R T S has built up a comprehensive library of books and magazines on art. Many past members have donated books, but HARTS also subscribes to a number of local and overseas magazines, keeping up to date with the latest art news. Members may take these out on a monthly basis.

A newsletter is sent to members every month, keeping members up to date on past and forthcoming HARTS events, as well an active Facebook page facebook.com/HowickArtsSociety and Webpage http://howickartssociety.org/

Art exhibitions are held at suitable venues during the year. Artists have plenty of opportunities to market and sell their work. Publicity is arranged in the local media and each month an artist from HARTS is featured in the local press as “Artist of the Month”.

A Year End Luncheon is held in November, the Asselberg Cup winner is announced, as well as The Lorna Pierson Trophy presented to the most improved artist of the year.

The members choose a theme each year and enter a painting anonymously, which is judged by an art expert and the winner is also announced at the Year End Luncheon.

Subscription fee for the year is R150.00 payable at the Annual General Meeting in September, at which the new Committee for the year is elected.

There are lots of good reasons why people in the area with an artistic bent should become HARTS members and make the most of all the activities and excitement to be had at the Howick Arts Society.

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So many new cases, so many new laws, so many new apps, so many new issues! 

It’s time to do a few public webinars. The first one is for parents and teens (over 12) at 17.30 on 10 May. If you can’t join live (loadshedding ugh) a recording will be accessible for a limited time afterwards.

Tickets here: https://www.quicket.co.za/events/174472-selfies-sexts-and-smartphones-parenting-the-screenager/#/

The three wise monkeys represent the moral message of not looking at, listening to, or saying anything evil in Japanese folklore. At The Ugly Duckling we stock a range of statues and figurines of the three wise monkeys to add a unique, meaningful and interesting element to your home.

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Aside from protecting them from cold weather, there's another reason to let your dogs sleep inside at night: it is also a major deterrent to criminals.

Dr. Rudolph Zinn from UNISA’s School of Criminal Justice conducted research into understanding and preventing house robbery in South Africa. Based on in-depth interviews with convicted robbers, he found that:
Dogs sleeping inside the house is the #1 deterrent to crime, ahead of electric fences, detection beams and CCTV.

Many animals who live outside get killed, hit, cut, poisoned during or prior to robberies, so keep them inside for your safety and theirs.

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We need R10 000 to put up a Carport at Howick Hospice House.

Thats R1000 x 10 - R100 x 100 - R10 x 1000

Every bit counts!

Donations can be made to;

Howick Hospice Association
Standard Bank Howick
Cheque Account 052471624

Ref Name & Carport

Please send proof of payment to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you would like a Section 18A certificate.

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If you own a business that is currently operating a CAD/CAM CNC machine with the capacity to turn out wooden soles for clogs from wood supplied, please contact Herman Alheit on 082 854 2984 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Having a keen interest in natural health, I planned to spend a couple of hours at The House @ 9’s open day and left about six hours later. The serenity that Jen Theron has nurtured in this space in just over a year is reflected by the vast community of healers who have joined her and in the feeling of being home, which you get when you visit the house.

Jen says, ‘The House @ 9 is your space’.

It is fitting that this property caught the eye of Jen when she was looking for a space to develop a healing centre in Howick. Built in the 1900s, The House @ 9 has seen additions and improvements, families have come and gone, and this old house has retained its grace and charm. Over a shorter period, Jen has witnessed change, battled dis-ease and depression, faced loss, and endured.

Years back Jen became curious about how the blueprint that is our DNA could not only heal but offset the physical manifestation of disease even before it appears. Her research and experience have culminated in this space of natural healing for everyone. The gardens welcome you to enjoy peace away from the daily bustle as you discover the therapies your body needs to journey to wellness.

When an Honors graduate in Botany and Zoology, an Olympian athlete, a wife, mother, and entrepreneur extolls the value of natural healing for wellness and to impede disease, you should pay attention.

Call Jen on 083 383 4882 to book a tour and a cup of tea at The House @ 9 on Drew Avenue, Howick, KZN.

Pictured here: Jan Theron with Reiki Therapist Lisa Terry (Top) and  Qi Gong session led by Ben.

Happy National Pet Day!

Please also consider making a donation to animals less fortunate.

ZAPPER: https://zapper.com/url/dUDVseEK4z

EFT:
uMngeni SPCA
Bank: Nedbank
Branch: 198 765
Account: 1133791700

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Calling All artists and photographers, it is time to compete for great prizes! Only R50 per ADULT entry and children enter for FREE! Celebrate Bees, Celebrate World Bee Day!

WORLD BEE DAY - Art & Photography competition

OPEN TO ALL AGES

Entry forms available on www.sabio.org.za

Or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Entries close at midnight on Monday 16 May 2022!

Take the frustration out of getting a quote. Request one online and your quote will be sent directly to you.

Find out what we can do for you: https://hiq.co.za/request-a-quote/

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We, at Umgeni Waterfall, wish to commend the two teams that entered the NIBA pairs over the past weekend. Although they did not win their games, they did show that our club is willing to participate in District events.

Congratulations are extended to our Men’s League Team which Played against a team from Howick Bowling Club and fought strongly to win by 11 points to 1. Unfortunately our ladies team, despite playing their best, were not able to beat the ladies from Hilton Bowing Club.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS FOR THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF MAY
07 May: Open Tabs In Compettion Sponsored by Greendale Superspar. Tabs in by 1h15 for play at 14h00
11 May: Open Tabs In Compettion Sponsored by Halfway Toyota Howick. Tabs in by 1h15 for play at 14h00

All registered players are welcome to participate in the above Competitions.

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'Run For the Love of Life recounts the extraordinary journey of South African Erica Terblanche, an ordinary woman who manages to not only achieve – but excel – on the world stage of extreme distance-running in some of the most inhospitable and majestic landscapes across the planet.

Raw and honest and infinitely human, this part memoir, part travel novel thunders through one exotic race location after the other, as the runners battle the elements and each other across the vastness of the Sahara, Atacama and Namib Deserts, the great Grand Canyon, Turkish Cappadocia and the Kalahari Desert, to name only a few.'

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Introducing Matilda the Mercedes Sprinter!! She is the exciting new addition to our mobile clinics. Many thanks to Allan Neave from Midlands Auto Sales!

Matilda is busy having some cosmetic surgery to get her in top shape, including signage to make her instantly recognizable. John Pachonick, Dr Lee's very handy husband, is doing all the internal work which has mean't putting in insulation and panelling the interior and then he will be fitting her out with cupboards, sink, electrics etc. Progress pics to follow.

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With the recent outbreak of Parvovirus, we have been struggling to afford treatment for the pups brought to us for help, as the treatment is very expensive. We have once again started vaccinating as many puppies as we can to try and prevent more puppies having to be treated by our veterinarians.

We would like to say a huge thank you to those who have recently donated money towards the 5-in-1 vaccines. With your help, we are now able to vaccinate another 50 dogs which is wonderful. Prevention is better than cure.

If anyone else would like to donate towards these vaccines, the set of 3, (which all puppies require), costs R150.

Our bank details are:
Funda Nenja
FNB - Howick
Acc. No. 6245 8766 197
Branch No. 220 725
Reference: PARVO

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The Woodstone 2 ball trips is being played on Friday the 29th of April. This is a fun competition where members from many other clubs join us for a morning of great bowls, tea and scones and awesome vouchers from Woodstone Café based at St John’s Village shopping center. Always a very popular event played on the last Friday of every month. If you missed this one, make a point of planning for next month’s competition.

The results of the Halfway Toyota competition played on Wednesday 13th April: 1st Koos Marais and Bob Chetty.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS FOR APRIL
Tuesday, 19 April: J Leslie Smith and Alan Sara Pre-Drawn Trips Competition: Start time: 09h00.
Friday, 29 April: Woodstone Nominated Two Bowl Trips.
Start time 09h00. Entries via Woodstone Trips WhatsApp group by Wednesday, 27 April. Anyone wishing to enter a new team may WhatsApp 071 164 3162

Regular winter tabs in times with effect from 02 April are Tuesday at 08h45, Wednesday and Saturday at 13h15.

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'We got back yesterday afternoon from a very wet weekend at Champagne Sport Resort. We did a follow up to the steri clinic we did last year with #CatsofDurban. It was very difficult to trap cats in the pouring rain, but the ladies were persistent and managed to catch 12 cats as well as a few that had been done last time, but due to the clipped ears were easily identified as already sterilised and so were released again.

Many thanks to Champagne Sports for their hospitality and taking responsibility for their feral cat population. If you are visiting them sometime in the future, keep an eye out for their lovely cats and hopefully you will notice their ears have been clipped, right ears for females and left ears for males.'

Thank you to Dr Lee Pachonick of Midmar Vet Clinic for her committment to spaying the feral cat population far and wide.

Umgeni Waterfall bowling club is made up of two halves. The older experienced players who have represented their club and regions on many levels and the younger up and coming members and social players. The experienced players teach the novices, and everyone gets to play together which is also good fun. The age groups range from over 80 to 12 years. Everyone comes for the fun of playing bowls and the enjoyment of sharing time with a mix of young and the young at heart.

To promote the sport the club hosts many open social days where folks who have never played get the chance to try out their skills. The club assists visitors with the loan of bowls for the day.

As the sport is so addictive, visitors come for a day and leave with a passion for the game.

One can remain a social bowler and just enjoy the fun with likeminded people or improve and become a full member of the club and play in competitions.

Visitors and prospective new members are always offered a warm welcome.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS FOR APRIL
Wednesday 13 April: Halfway Toyota Tabs in Competition. Tabs In by 13h15

Tuesday, 19 April: J Leslie Smith and Alan Sara Pre-Drawn Trips Competition: Start time: 09h00. Members ensure your name is on the list by Saturday, 16 April. Visitors from other clubs, please contact Richard on 083 269 3508.

Friday, 29 April: Woodstone Nominated Two Bowl Trips. Entries via Woodstone Trips WhatsApp group by Wednesday, 27 April. Any wishing to enter a new team may WhatsApp 071 164 3162

Regular winter tabs in times with effect from 02 April are Tuesday at 08h45, Wednesday and Saturday at 13h15.

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Chad le Clos added his name to the list of qualifiers for the World Championships and Commonwealth Games at the SA Swimming Championships in Gqeberha on Friday.

The 29-year-old had looked a little sluggish in the morning heats of the 200m butterfly but powered to victory in the final in 1:55.75 to dip under the required time by almost a second.

With that he also secured his 12th consecutive national title in the event.

“I’m over the moon. I was very nervous… not nervous to race anybody but I needed to qualify,” said the 2012 Olympic champion, who is a three-time Commonwealth champion in the event.

“I made sure I took it out strong and I tried to get something from the race. I didn’t want to go kamikazi and then die at the end. I wanted to be in control, good stroke rate, tempo, good underwaters at all three turns. So it was a very important for me just to swim a solid race.

“I’m also just happy to get the qualifying time. Nationals is always a stressful time for me, I don’t know why, I get nervous and you’ve got to get that monkey off your back so now that it’s off I’m very happy.”

Le Clos was back in the pool later in the evening for the 100m freestyle, but it was young challenger Matt Sates who secured top honours there, winning in a time of 48.97 with the veteran a distant fifth in 50.86.

Meanwhile, securing her second qualification time of the meet was Olympic champion and world record-holder Tatjana Schoenmaker, who swam 2:25.16 in the morning 200m breaststroke heats and followed that up with a 2:24.01 in the final. Her teammate, Kaylene Corbett, also achieved qualifying times in both races with a 2:25.41 in the morning and a 2:24.66 in the final for the silver medal.

“It burned a lot more than the Olympics,” admitted Schoenmaker afterwards. “But I just wanted to make the Commonwealth team and I can’t wait to race internationally again. Obviously this isn’t the best time, but that’s not what it’s about at the moment. It’s about getting back into racing again after such a big event so I’m happy.”

It was an emotional result for Corbett, who had to swim a time trial at last year’s championships to qualify for the Olympic Games, where she then progressed all the way to the final.

“This year I was definitely coming in with intent to try and get this time as soon as possible and not put as much pressure on myself to get a qualifying time… There are a lot of emotions being back at this pool and swimming that time really means a lot to me.

“I’m just happy it’s over and I get to hopefully be on the Commonwealth team so that’s always just a huge plus side for me – to be able to race and compete for my country,” she said.

Elsewhere, teenage star Pieter Coetzé secured another qualifying mark, in the 50m backstroke. He dipped under the required time with a 24.94 in the heats and then bettered that with a 24.74 in the final, which he won comfortably to add to the 100m backstroke title already in the bag. Coetzé also finished second in the 100m freestyle behind Sates in 50.17

“I didn’t expect to go that much quicker so I was very happy with that. It’s definitely nice to get quite a few times and not just one,” said the 17-year-old after the backstroke. I’m hoping for the 200m backstroke and maybe the 50 free – we’ll see.”

Having missed out on qualifying in the individual 50m freestyle on Thursday, Olympic semi-finalist Emma Chelius dipped under the mark during the opening leg of the 4x50m freestyle relay, reaching the wall in 24.95 seconds.

“I was hoping to go under 25 seconds, that was the plan from the start,” said Chelius. “I had much better preparation going into this evening. I warmed up at a different pool because I really battle with the cold and I’m feeling it quite a lot here. I think that was a much better start for me and it just meant I felt a lot more speed during the race and it all came together, so I was happy.”

Other winners on the night were Erin Gallagher in the 50m butterfly in 26.39, just missing out on the qualifying time by seven hundredths of a second, while Stephanie Houtman took top honours in the 1500m freestyle in 16:55.55.

Swimming continues at the Newton Park swimming pool on Saturday and finishing on Monday, 11 April.

Pictured here: Chad Le Clos (above) and Kaylene Corbett (below).

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