A weekend in Arniston – Waenhuiskrans

The southern-most pet of Africa

The southern-most pet of Africa

Last weekend we spend our time in Arniston also know as Waenhuiskrans in the Overberg. Main reason was we wanted to get away a couple of days from the Internet and just do nothing.

Therefore Arniston is the perfect place as you can not really do much there ;-) Arniston inherited its name from the transport ship H.M.S. Arniston which ran aground here in 1815. 372 of the passengers on board went down with it, only 6 survived.

The village’s official name is Waenhuiskrans, named after a cave in the area which was big enough to house several ox-wagons in. It is the only town in South Africa with two official names.Continue Reading …

Cape Town: One million rand up for local schools and charities

Twister Cape TownTwister Lifestyle South Africa is a new innovative concept offering local Cape Town Charities and Schools in the Western Cape a chance to raise funds for their own fundraising initiative with the potential opportunity of gaining one million rand for their own fundraising drive.

“Twister” is not a totally new concept but it has unique “twists”. Founder, Cheryl Nesbitt first discovered the concept working successfully in Christchurch, New Zealand, a city of only 300,000 people.

She was instantly blown away by the simplicity of the model and wondered why it had never been developed in South Africa. On her return, her research began in earnest and Nesbitt discovered that the concept had most certainly been done locally but not to the scale that she had seen in Christchurch. Continue Reading …

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