Easter Weekend 2015

Easter Weekend is coming soon, and it’s a good time to spend with friends and family. It is also a good opportunity for a well deserved break away. If you stay far away and have friends or family in the West of Johannesburg why don’t you come sleep over by La Marchant Guesthouse and visit your loved ones in style this Easter. We are a luxurious self catering Guesthouse and a B&B. We are in Florida park Roodepoort. We cater for all your needs and promise the best and most affordable accommodation in the West.

 WE ARE YOUR HOME AWAY FROM HOME.
Quick facts: 

Good Friday in South Africa: Many Christians around the world observe Good Friday on the Friday before Easter Sunday. It commemorates Jesus Christ’s Passion, crucifixion and death, which is told in the Christian bible. It is the day after Maundy Thursday.

Good Friday is a global Christian observance two days before Easter Sunday.

Good Friday 2015 - Friday April 3

Good Friday 2016-Friday March 25

Related holidays:

•Holy Saturday ―Saturday, April 4, 2015

•Easter Sunday ―Sunday, April 5, 2015

•Family Day ―Monday, April 6, 2015

Other holidays in April 2015 in South Africa:

•Holy Saturday ―Saturday, April 4, 2015

•Easter Sunday ―Sunday, April 5, 2015

•Family Day ―Monday, April 6, 2015

•Freedom Day ―Monday, April 27, 2015


We would love to accommodate you during these special times.

Citizen Scientist Day at Lowveld National Botanical Garden

7 March 2015 - 9:00am - 2:00pm

8 March 2015 - 9:00am - 2:00pm

 

Event category:

Talk / Lecture

Contact details:

Please visit sabap2.adu.org.za

Entrance charge:

Free

How to book:

No booking necessary

Event venue: Environmental Education Centre

Presented by the Animal Demographic Unit (ADU) from University of Cape Town. The ADU are the Project managers of the SABAP2 bird Atlasing project and have extended their facilities to encompass Arachnids, Butterflies and Reptiles. Thus it is fitting that this event be presented at the LNBG – which is a conservation area with significant Bio-Diversity.

Short presentations (20 Minutes) will cover all the areas that the ADU are involved in.

This event is being co-hosted by BirdLife Lowveld and Botanical Society Lowveld. It will be open to the public at no charge. Tea and Coffee will be provided. Attendees are invited to bring their own picnic baskets for lunch in the gardens surrounding the Lecture hall.
 

The Second Southern African Bird Atlas Project (SABAP2) is the most important bird conservation project in the region. It holds this status because all other conservation initiatives depend on the results of the bird atlas, to a greater or lesser extent. You cannot determine the conservation status of a species unless you know its range and how this is changing. So red-listing depends on the results of this project. So does the selection of sites and habitats critical to bird conservation. SABAP2 is the follow-up project to the Southern African Bird Atlas Project (for which the acronym was SABAP, and which is now referred to as SABAP1). This first bird atlas project took place from 1987-1991. The second bird atlas project started on 1 July 2007 and plans to run indefinitely.

To learn more about the ADU go to sabap2.adu.org.za

The South African Music Awards turn 21

The Annual South African Music Awards celebrate their 21st birthday this year by learning from the past to inform a bright new future.

You may have seen the #XXI going around on social networks.

Well-known personalities and ordinary South Africans are talking about “When I was #XXI” or
“Things to do at #XXI”.
You may have wondered what in the world this #XXI thing is.
XXI represents the number 21 in Roman numerals – and is the number of years the South African Music Awards (Sama) have been a fixture on the local entertainment scene.

Now, as they come of age, the XXI social media campaign highlights the awards as distinctive and standing alone with no peer.
As a single symbol, the XXI encompasses the notion of “Legacy to Future”.

“The South African Music Awards turn XXI this year, a milestone that strikes a chord and resonates with us all. The continuous year on year growth, support and popularity has contributed to the improvement in the quality of participants and overall industry growth,” said Mika Chauke, head of communications and stakeholder relations.

The #XXI campaign has already attracted an enthusiastic response on Instagram, with celebrities and ordinary people posting their nostalgic memories of when they were 21 and nominating others to do the same.
For hip-hop musician Khuli Chana, 21 marked a turning point in his life. “When I was #XXI I was thinking about entering the game. Music was in my blood but I never knew it would be my career. At 21 the seed for my love of music grew stronger…” Chana said.

It was a similar awakening for J’Something from Mi Casa, “When I was #XXI I had this dream of being a musician … Of being someone that would use the tool of music to change and influence the youth of the world. Now with Mi Casa I have the privilege of doing so every day…”

These intimate snapshots of days past, said Refiloe Ramogase, the newly elected chairperson of Sama, confirm that being XXI is a milestone that strikes a chord with everyone.

Read further here:
http://roodepoortnorthsider.co.za/190352/the-south-african-music-awards-turn-21-2/