ROOIELS HACK

Held on the first Saturday of the month, from 8:30 to 10:30. Tools and refreshments provided. Contact Anuta Scholtz on anuta@omail.co.za or tel 083 388 8239, or Evette on tel 028 273 8483. This article is a general information sheet and should not be used or relied on as professional advice. No liability can be accepted for any errors or omissions nor for any loss or damage arising from reliance upon any information herein. Errors and omission excepted. (E&OE)
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PRINGLE BAY HACK N0 106

Chris Geldenhuys, Convenor Held on the last Sunday of the month. As usual we will meet on the pavement opposite Drosters Centre, in Central Avenue, Pringle Bay, at 8:30 and proceed to the hack site. The hack ends at 11:30. All are most welcome to join. Hacking tools are provided. Contact Chris on (028) 273 8588 for more information, or just turn up at the meeting point. This article is a general information sheet and should not be used or relied on as professional advice. No liability can be accepted for any errors or omissions nor…
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THE BATTLE OF BETTY’S BAY – REPORT ON ROUND 629

Ed Silberbauer, Convenor A perfect Spring morning, inspiring seven wielders of seven chainsaws to lay waste to seven large Acacia elatas. It must be remembered that to cut down seven trees, however large, is a five-minute job; cutting them up, however, is a huge task. All branches must be reduced to a manageable size in order to drag them off to a suitable site for ease of loading and carting away. Fortunately our tree fellows are familiar with this task and with amazing agility the job was done in the time allotted - all stacked and…
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2015 BRANCH CONVENTION AND AGM

Merrilee Berrisford This year the annual gatherings of BotSoc SA were held on 16 September at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth in a room above the Mandela Café, part of the Student Union. In the courtyard below us the SRC election was happening with lively singing and dancing once voting was over. Present at the Convention were the President, Prof George Bredenkamp, Chairman of Council, Andrew Blackmore, five Council members, Executive Director, Zaitoon Rabaney, Executive Assistant, Catherine Browne, nine branch chairmen and the auditor, Richard Browne. In the morning we listened to…
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