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Land for HAWS
The committee and volunteers of
the Hartbeespoort Animal Welfare Society writes:
The Hartbeespoort Animal Welfare Society
is a non-profit organisation serving the community of Madibeng,
working with abandoned and neglected animals of the area, as well as
providing a rehoming service. With no government funding, HAWS
relies solely on fundraising and donations.
Our present lease should have expired in 2½ years; however, in
February we were given six months notice and we therefore need to
find somewhere to move to in the very near future.
HAWS has been offered the use of a portion of privately owned
agricultural holding in the Hartbeespoort area for five years or
perhaps longer. However, it will be costly to build kennels and a
cattery, most of which would need to be portable, only to have to
move again after a few years. Ideally, HAWS urgently needs to obtain
its own property, where a permanent kennel facility can be built, so
that all expenditure on infrastructure becomes an asset of the
Society and a benefit to Madibeng.
HAWS has appealed to the Local Municipality of Madibeng for a land
grant a number of times since November 2006. The Municipality
replied to our first letter saying that we would be kept informed
during the first quarter of 2007. At the time of writing we have
heard nothing further from them.
Ideally, we need to obtain our own property where a permanent kennel
facility can be built, so that all expenditure on infrastructure
becomes an asset of the Society and a benefit to the local
municipality of Madibeng and where we could possibly accommodate
animals other than just dogs and cats.
Since there is no municipal pound, HAWS is forced to act as the
pound as well as an animal welfare organisation. We believe that, in
the interest of our fast growing community, our Municipality would
gain great credit by providing HAWS with a small tract of municipal
land and some financial support, so that HAWS is able to continue to
serve the community of Madibeng and its animals .
Thank you
Joan Williams from
Brits/Hartbeespoort Hospice writes:
Hospice takes this opportunity to say a
special thank you to the following people for their recent donations
to upgrading our new shop: Mr and Mrs D Redpath from Hartbeespoort
for the donation of a new cash register and to Mr Jopie Robbertse
for the two mirrors for the fitting room.
Thanks also to the members of the public who have taken the time to
clean out their cupboards to keep our shelves full. As this is a
never-ending cycle of supply and demand, we hope the community will
keep Hospice in mind whenever they are ‘spring cleaning’ no matter
what time of the year.
Calling all designers
Renato Palmi from Kwazulu-Natal
writes:
I am a researcher and development
practitioner for the South African clothing and fashion sectors.
I have been tasked with an attempt to compile an electronic database
of South African fashion designers which will be used to promote
local SA design and in the hope promote and create visibility for
our fashion designers. I encourage all established and new fashion
designers to please forward me your name, label name and contact
details. Please email the details to: yakshack@iafrica,com "
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