Thank you to MGF Attorneys for cleaning up the verge on the corner of Vlei and Cedara rd.

 

Take a look at the before and after photos, what a great result. Mike Forsyth will be fixing the potholes outside his own driveway too. Note his trusty gardener did the brush cutting job.

 

If we all take ownership of our own properties and streets, alot can be achieved in keeping our village beautiful.

 

Pictured above: The verge after.

Picured below: The verge before.

 

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Laddsworth Primary School turned 117 years old on Sunday 1 March 2020.

 

Miss Daisy Ladds started Laddsworth in 1903 and the values she instilled 117 years ago are still being upheld today.

 

The staff and learners enjoyed birthday cake on Monday 2 March 2020 to celebrate this wonderful milestone.

 

Pictured above from L-R: Justin Cook and Hayley Walters (Grade 6) collecting a cake for their class.

 

 

News supplied by Laddsworth Primary School.

March specials at Style De Vie.

 

1. Book 2x 30min back massages and get the 3rd one for FREE
    R700

2. Book 2x reflexology sessions and get the 3rd one for FREE
    R700

3. Book 2x 45min Sports massages and get a FREE half leg and foot massage

    R900

4. Facial and pedicure and get a FREE manicure
    R720

 

Please note that you can give your FREE session as a gift voucher to a friend or family member.

 

News supplied by Style De Vie.

 

There were a number of break-ins where the alarms were not armed or linked to outbuildings, sheds or cottages these past 10 days.

 

Please be vigilant about setting your alarm and please secure verandas, outbuildings, sheds and cottages. If you have no alarm system or an old alarm system, please consider an upgrade.

 

For more information and advice call Gary on 0828947628 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Keshen at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 0833935265.

Don’t provide cover for would be criminals (cut back foliage)
-Deter criminals from targeting your house by ensuring you cut back trees and bushes. Investigate installing movement sensor lights and report broken street lights.

Clear foliage away from your PIR beams
-Excessive foliage and pot plants placed in front of external PIR beams will not only result in possible false alarms, but also render them useless in detecting criminal’s approaching your house. If you have invested in these external PIR beams, please ensure that they remain unobscured.

 

News supplied by Knight Security Solutions.

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Grade 9 student Savannah Ingledew participated in the 2020 Midlands Pre Season Ladder Championship last week. She did extremely well to make it to the final where she won 3 – 0. The 14 year old was in top form on the night and handled the pressure well to win the title.

 

She backed up her win with yet another title on Sunday, winning the U16 Girls KZN Pre-season Tournament. Savannah also won the KZN Open Tournament in January and came 4th in the Prince PSA Ladies Open.

 

The future is looking bright for this young star from St Anne’s!

 

Pictures above: Savannah Ingledew

 

News supplied by St Anne's Diocesan College.

Bailee Guy is a natural light photographer that specializes in capturing those " KODAK" moments of your loved ones.
birthdays, maternity, newborns, siblings and family, special occasions, and functions .

 

Dont waste the last bit of the Summer sun and book your family shoot at affordable prices .

 

Vouchers are also available and valid for 1 year.

 

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Laddsworth Grade 7 learners went on an excursion to Greystone Camp and Adventure Centre from Tuesday 18 February to Friday 21 February 2020.

 

They enjoyed a very busy programme, including a historical tour to Ford Durnford, team building and problem solving activities, leadership sessions, a hike to Giants Castle and a tour of the Wagondrift dam wall.

 

The Grade 7 pupils learnt a great deal and had lots of fun.

 

Pictured above: Milan Michaux (Grade 7) enjoying the obstacle course.

 

Pictured below: Mr Gavin Lambooy (Headmaster) with some of the Grade 7 learners at camp.

 

 

News supplied by Laddsworth Primary School.

Congratulations to the five St Anne’s girls and their paddling coach, Mr Chris Hornby, who completed the Dusi Canoe Marathon.

 

Pictured above: Georgia Frost, Kim van Rooyen, Mr Chris Hornby, Emily Vermaak, Emma Pennington and Ciaran Hornby.

 

Pictured below: Partners Georgia Frost and Emily Vermaak going strong on Day 2.

 

News supplied by St Anne's Diocesan College.

Forty-five years ago Doc MacLean was playing Charlie Patton songs in Son House's living room. From back porch to big porch. The storyteller. An emotional remapping of contemporary delta blues. At one time Blues Revue Magazine called him the "Prince of Darkness." There's redemption here beyond the simple, acoustic medium– and an appeal that reaches well beyond the Crossroads.

 

Doc MacLean has performed and recorded with a who's who of first and second generation blues, roots and gospel artists such as Sam Chatmon, Peg Leg Sam, and Blind John Davis. Among many others, he has supported Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter, and BB King. Now best known as a songwriter and storyteller, MacLean has more recently recorded with members of the Canned Heat and Mavis Staples bands.

 

This real deal, old school troubadour self drives to hundreds of shows every year— sometimes busking the places in between. But America is now seen more often in the rear view mirror...

Over the last few years MacLean has driven over 100 thousand km across South Africa, taking it for his own. Named as one of the top sets at the massive, 2017 OppiKoppi festival, he's now played most of the largest festivals, smallest juke joints, coolest theatres, and best regarded presentation stages in the country. The thing that has been carried is again returned. "No venue too large, too small, too grand or too humble." Even places lost in the folds of the map.

 

Writing from the dark side of the road, Doc MacLean remains a songster from the delta tradition. A traveler. Gifted by the grandchildren of slaves, MacLean now sings his own stories and tells his own songs in his own voice. His mostly resophonic, finger style slide guitar pays sonic homage to Patton, House, and Big Joe Williams, while moving forward in a roots based, yet contemporary context.

 

To MacLean, the Blues is not a genre: it is a condition of the human spirit, a healing music, a journey of the soul, a container of past, present, and future. N'ganga.

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Doc MacLean's fourth African tour, "N'ganga Blues," finds him returning to many of the places visited on previous adventures. The "World's Biggest Little Blues Tour" will touch most parts of South Africa, covering over 20 thousand km by land, and will include some 60 shows.

 

Telling songs and singing stories. This blues came from the Mississippi delta. But before that, it came from Africa. Passed down from mouth to mouth. More than music. A placement of the human spirit. Doc's early mentors were the grandchildren of slaves- and he keeps their gifts close to the heart, and close to the Bone. N'ganga Blues celebrates this relationship and explores this continuing journey.

 

MacLean now mentors a number of local blues, roots and traditional artists, actively seeking opportunities for them to tour North America and elsewhere. N'ganga Blues will feature occasional, pop-up collaborations with these artists. Around the edges of the tour, MacLean will co-write with Tim Parr and Albert Frost, and will record new album tracks with Frost in the producer's chair. N'ganga Blues: witness a unique and mature artist at the height of his powers.

 

N'ganga. The healer. This thing we call Blues. I've rolled the bones allover the map. Sixty throws. Sixty shows: they shadow South Africa.No place too large, too small, too grand or too humble. When you roll the bones you could come up snake eyes. Or you could score big.That's what the Old Man used to say.Dust in my blood, I can't escape. Solo, I'm pushing back out into the desert. The Great Karoo is calling: and then the rest of it.

 

This map shows places with names I can't pronounce. Yeah, yeah, if I can put my finger on it-I'm going there. It's in the sidebar. When we stop for drinks, I'll get it sorted.When I was young, I met them in the American south. Men like Son House, Sam Chatmon, Robert Pete Williams.

 

As an older man, it should of been no surprise to meet them again, those like them, herein Africa. A full circle. An unbroken chain. Tellers and healers. And now I’m back, surfing the summer heat: buying cheap red and diesel.Life leaking out around the edges. Death wandering aimlessly. At night: it's cool neon and electric wire, both humming in B flat. To Have and Have Not. To breathe in and out.It's healing music, these Blues

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But the Blues is also this journey:close to the wire. The hot wire. A journey through life. This place where all things are possible. Or should be. Where stories hang like dust in the air: drawn to the heart by the rattle of the Bones. N'ganga.

 

 

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The St Anne’s Tennis Team competed in the annual Independent Schools’ Tennis Tournament hosted by St Mary’s DSG Pretoria over the weekend.

 

They played well to come top of their pool and faced DSG Grahamstown in the Final which they won 6 - 0. St Anne’s has managed to win 5 out of the last 6 tournaments.

 

Other schools who attended the event were Epworth, Herschel, Kingswood, Roedean, Springfield Convent and St Mary’s DSG Pretoria.

 

Pictured above:
Back: Brooke Veenstra, Emily Bennett, Jade Harty, Brooke Rossiter, Grace Love
Front: Alice Beckett, Storm Veenstra

 

News supplied by St Anne's Diocesan College.

Celebrating an amazing achievement! Congratulations to Abbots Cove for their Traveller Review Award.

"It’s been another year of incredible experiences, and your guests have spoken. Congratulations!

You’re officially a 2020 award-winner.
A Traveller Review Award is more than a certificate, and your score is more than a number. It’s the hard work you’ve put in, the unique experiences you’ve created and the trips you’ve made unforgettable."

 

A big thank you to the Abbots Cove Team and the Hilton Community.

 

News supplied by Abbot's Cove Bed and Breakfast.

We have the following Vegetable Plugs available at Ronnoco Hilton branch 

 

Beetroot x 100, Broccoli x 150, Red Cabbage x 50, Celery x 100, Cauliflower x 50, Cabbage x 200, Kale large x 150, Spinach x 200.

 

They sell for R12,00 for ANY selection of 10 seedling plugs.

 

Phone / WhattsApp Ros on +27(0)84 556 1306 for any enquiries.

 

We are situated at No. 8 Amy Wilson Drive, Hilton ( next to Cowan House School ). If you require large quantities, let us know and we will grow to order.

 

Open Monday to Friday from 8:00am to 4:00pm, and Saturday from 8:00am to 3:00pm.

 

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Faith - Health and Skin Care Therapy and Sports Massage, thank you for joining our family.

 

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St Anne’s students Emma Thornton and Erin Ahier will travel to Zimbabwe next month to represent South Africa in Water Polo.

 

Emma will play for the U15 SA Team at the CANA ZONE IV Water Polo Championship and Erin for the U18 Team at the AFRICAN YOUTH Water Polo Qualifiers, both from 11 - 15 March 2020.

 

Annabel Hardie and Olivia Rosenfels were both named a non-travelling reserves for the U15 and U18 teams respectively.

 

Jessica Brown has also been selected as a non-travelling reserves for the SA U17 Team who will compete at the EU NATIONS JUNIOR Woman’s Water Polo Cup in Czech Republic next month.

 

Pictured above: Emma Thornton and Erin Ahier.

 

News supplied by St Anne's Diocesan College.

 

Laddsworth Primary School hosted its 21st High Schools expo on Wednesday 12 February 2020.

 

The 28 High Schools, who exhibited at the expo, enjoyed the spaciousness of the new Laddsworth School Hall. They had a very good response from prospective parents and learners.

 

Parents commented that the expo saved them time, by being able to communicate with so many high schools in one place.

 

Pictured above:L-R: Mr Neelan Pillay (Deputy Headmaster), Mrs Theresa Jager (PA to the Headmaster and Admissions), Mr Gavin Lambooy (Headmaster)

 

News supplied by Laddsworth Primary School.